English Langage – For Reading Addicts

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November 13, 2023

Rumpus (noun) rum-pus A noisy or violent disturbance; commotion; uproar. First recorded in 1755–65; origin…

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October 18, 2023

Bloviate (verb) blo-vee-ayt to speak pompously. Bloviate was first recorded in 1850–55 and is an…

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August 7, 2019

orogeny (noun) or-oj-en-ee A process in which a section of the earth's crust is folded…

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Language Literature

March 2, 2017

In the 1800s a Portuguese man named Pedro Carolino gave a brave attempt to write a…

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January 12, 2016

Fealty (noun) (historic) feel-tee Sworn loyalty to a Lord or important person. If you read…

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