Diktat (noun)
dik-tat
An order or decree imposed by someone in power without popular consent.
1920s from German, from Latin dictatum ‘something dictated’, neuter past participle of dictare.
Example sentences
“The diktat was not popular with the people.”
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…)
