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Month: January 2021

Nostrum

January 31, 2021February 24, 2021 adminWord of the Day

MW Quotations and Authors: I am most apprehensive about Miss Howe. She has a confounded deal of wit, and wants only a subject, to shew as much roguery: and should I be outwitted with all my sententious boasting of conceit…

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Cod’s Head

January 30, 2021February 24, 2021 adminWord of the Day

The OED Quotations and Authors: She that, being anger’d, her revenge being nigh,Bade her wrong stay and her displeasure fly;She that in wisdom never was so frailTo change the cod’s head for the salmon’s tail;She that could think and ne’er…

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Pet

January 29, 2021February 24, 2021 adminWord of the Day

The OED PET n. 3 Offence at being or feeling slighted; a fit of peevishness or ill humour from this cause, (now) esp. a childish sulk. Frequently in in a pet. Also to take (the) pet: to take offence, to become bad-tempered or sulky…

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Categorical

January 29, 2021February 14, 2021 adminWord of the Day

Word of the Day: MW Quotations and Authors: Now, Belford, I had really some apprehension of treachery from thee; which made me so miserably evade; for else, I could as safely have sworn to the truth of this, as to…

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Words of the Day: December 19 2020 – January 28 2021

January 29, 2021February 3, 2021 adminWord of the Day

To explore quotations for the OED or Merriam-Webster Word of the Day 19/12/2020-28/1/2021, follow this link. Jeopardy Itinerant Ear-tickling Obeisance Insouciance Sarcophagus Gulosity Conjecture Preeminent Modicum Effusive Servile Nevvy Rapport Pedantic Treason Haet Devious Pugilism Comely Megrim Dissociate Apologia Feckless…

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