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Word of the Day – Curvet

By June 28, 2021Word of the Day

Curvet (noun)

ker-vet

A graceful or energetic leap.

Late 16th century from Italian corvetta, diminutive of corva, earlier form of curva ‘a curve’, from Latin curvus ‘bent’.

Example sentences

“He sprang up in a frisky curvet.”

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