Pronounced: JOR-lihk, adj
Notes: Not related to people named George
Yesterday’s word
The word cwm is “a steep bowl-shaped mountain basin, carved by glaciers” (also called a cirque)
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1800s
Background / Comments
This is a neat Scrabble word (only three letters, and worth 10 points)! Our word comes from the Welsh word cwm (valley), as you may have known. (in Welsh, the letter ‘w’ is a vowel).
