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29 November 2011
Word of the Day
serry \SER-ee\, verb:
To crowd closely together.
Serry means to crowd and is spelled serry.
-- Mildred Colvin, Missouri Brides
To keep unsettled the questions upon which these united with the Liberation Society, —accustom a powerful contingent to work together with “political Dissenters,”—to serryfriends and foes into hostile phalanx, —to accept battle on a week ground where it is only possible to rally half the forces...
-- S. Wellington, The Spectator, Vol. 6
Serry is from the Middle Frenceh serré which was the past participle of serrer meaning “to press tightly together.”
27 November 2011
04 November 2011
20 September 2011
Word of the Day
acme \ACK-mee\, noun:
The highest point of something; the highest level or degree attainable.
29 August 2011
Word of the Day
Charraine:
A word meaning anything you want.
Example:
A word meaning anything you want.
Example:
- Wow, your matzo ball soup is charraine.
- The dog was charrained!
17 August 2011
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