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Word of the Day – Trothplight

By November 28, 2022Word of the Day

Trothplight (noun)

trow-th-pliyt

Engagement to be married; betrothal.

Trothplight, “engagement to be married,” is a compound of troth, “faithfulness, truth, promise,” and plight, “pledge.” Troth, which is also found in betroth, “to arrange for the marriage of,” shares an origin with truce, true, truth, and trust and comes from a root meaning “firmness,” both literal and figurative.

Example sentences

“He was her trothplight and everyone knew it.”

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