Cierge (noun) (historic)
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A wax candle, especially one used in religious ceremonies.
Middle English from Old French cerge, from Latin cereas ‘wax taper’.
Example sentences
“The cierges lighted upon the altar.”
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…)
