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RULES:
Post an interesting or unusual word that can be found in an American English or British English dictionary. Either the word itself can be interesting or unusual, or the definition can be surprisingly interesting or unusual. The English word can have its derivation from any other language, or time, in history.
If the previous poster used an "A" word, your new word needs to start with the next letter in the English alphabet -- letter "B", and so on.
The word must be real and not invented on your part (that is, prove its "realness" by providing a link to the definition of the word, perhaps via an online source or by simply naming an "old-fashioned book" source as reference).
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I'll start:
Apricate
"v.
1690s, "to bask in the sun," from Latin apricatus, past participle of apricari "to bask in the sun," from apricus "exposed" (to the sun); perhaps contracted from *apericus, from aperire "to open." Transitive sense is recorded from 1851."
RULES:
Post an interesting or unusual word that can be found in an American English or British English dictionary. Either the word itself can be interesting or unusual, or the definition can be surprisingly interesting or unusual. The English word can have its derivation from any other language, or time, in history.
If the previous poster used an "A" word, your new word needs to start with the next letter in the English alphabet -- letter "B", and so on.
The word must be real and not invented on your part (that is, prove its "realness" by providing a link to the definition of the word, perhaps via an online source or by simply naming an "old-fashioned book" source as reference).
______ ______ ______ ______
I'll start:
Apricate
"v.
1690s, "to bask in the sun," from Latin apricatus, past participle of apricari "to bask in the sun," from apricus "exposed" (to the sun); perhaps contracted from *apericus, from aperire "to open." Transitive sense is recorded from 1851."
