Calefaction (noun)
kal-e-fak-shun
The process of heating or warming.
Rare. Late Middle English from Old French, or from late Latin calefactio(n-), from calefacere ‘make warm’
Example sentences
“Methods of calefaction are becoming more sustainable for the environment with time and funding.”
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…)
