Debutante (noun)
deb-yu-taant
An upper-class young woman making her first appearance in fashionable society.
A woman making her first public appearance, especially in sport.
Early 19th century from French débutante (feminine) ‘leading off’, from the verb débuter.
Example sentences
“The woman’s swimming team includes two debutantes.”
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…)
