Mganga (noun)
m-gan-ga
In East Africa: a doctor whose traditional functions include exorcism, prophecy, and the removal of spells.
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Richard Burton (1821–1890), explorer and author. From Swahili mganga (plural waganga) doctor, physician from m- class prefix + ganga to bind up, mend, cure.
Example sentences
“As a believer in witchcraft she put great store on the mganga’s advice.”
Ireful (adj) ayur-ful full of intense anger; wrathful. Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; ire, -ful (more…)
Hi Kath,
Thanks for the “Word of the Day”. I love sharing it with friends. Looks like the spellchecker got you in the example sentence. “Manga’s”, that’s a Japanese comic book.
Thanks again,
Ron