Amphoric (adj)
am-for-ik
Resembling the deep, hollow sound made by blowing across the mouth of a large, narrow-necked, empty bottle.
First recorded in 1830–40; amphor(a) (a large two handled bottle) + -ic
Example sentences
“The wind whistled through the trees like an amphoric song.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
