risogimento

Pronounced: ree-ZAHR-jih-MEN-toe, noun

Notes: Another new word to me (note that this word may be capitalized)

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Yesterday’s word

The word dobber means

• an informer
• (in cricket) a bowler, especially a slow bowler
• a float for a fishing line
• a large marble

First usage

Our word came into English in the mid-1800s

Background / Comments

Our word has different origins; the first two definitions come from the word dob (to inform; to put down; to throw). The third definition above comes from the Dutch word dobber (float; cork) — I am used to hearing such a thing called a “bobber”, which would seem to a corruption of dobber, but “bobber” also does describe what the dobber does. The fourth definition above comes from the word dob, which is a variant of dab (lump).