Pronounced: dak-un-DOOR-us, noun
Notes: Not a word I’ve ever run across
Yesterday’s word
The word caesious means “bluish or grayish green”
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1800s
Background / Comments
Our word came from the Latin word caesius, which is thought to come from caelum (sky). Keen-eyed readers will note that this is another word with the vowels in order.
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