Parry (verb)
pa-ree
Ward off (a weapon or attack) with a countermove.
Answer (a question or accusation) evasively.
Late 17th century probably representing French parez! ‘ward off!’, imperative of parer, from Italian parare ‘ward off’.
Example sentences
“He parried all accusations, refusing to take responsibility for his part in the trouble.”
Meraki (Μεράκι) (Greek) (noun) me-rah-kee To do something with soul, creativity, and love. When someone cooks with meraki, builds with meraki, writes with meraki, they’ve poured themselves into it. Derived…
