Language

Quadrel (adj) kwod-rel A square stone, brick, or tile. 1680–90; Italian quadrello, diminutive of quadro…

Abluent (adj) ab-loo-ent Serving to cleanse. 1745–55; Latin abluent- (stem of abluēns, present participle of…

Cropt (verb) kropt (archaic) A simple past tense and past participle of crop.   (more…)

Repine (verb) re-payhn To be fretfully discontented; to fret or complain. First recorded in 1520–30…

Acumen (noun) ak-yu-men keen insight; shrewdness. First recorded in 1525–35 and comes from the Latin…

Culch (also cultch) (noun) khulch The stones, old shells, etc., forming an oyster bed and…

Amazigh (noun) am-az-ig Berber peoples, indigenous to North Africa who predate the Arabs. Amazighs have…

Capriole (noun) kap-ree-ohl A caper or leap. First recorded around 1570–80. and comes from Middle…

Plink (noun) plink a short sharp often metallic sound as of a string on a…