Pronounced: gal-ee-ON-ik, adj
Notes: Another word that is new to me
Yesterday’s word
The word boniface is “the proprietor of a hotel, nightclub, or restaurant”
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1700s
Background / Comments
In Latin, boniface means “doer of good”. Our word came from the name of an innkeeper in the play The Beaux’ Strategem, written in 1707 by George Farquhar. Another character in this play (whose name has also passed into English usage) is the Lady Bountiful. Mr Farquhar never knew of the influence his play would have: he completed the play on his deathbed, and died on the night of its third performance.
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