Pronounced: yore-ih-TAH-pik, adj
Notes: I’ve not run across this word (and I don’t think I can use it very much)
Yesterday’s word
The word borstal is “a reformatory for young offenders”
First usage
Our word came into English in the 1900s (1900-1910)
Background / Comments
I have either read this word somewhere, or perhaps heard it while watching a television show. Our word is named after the village Borstal, which is located in Kent in the UK.
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