Disembogue (verb)
dis-em-bowg
(of a river or stream) emerge or be discharged into the sea or a larger river.
Late 16th century from Spanish desembocar, from des- (expressing reversal) + embocar ‘run into a creek or strait’ (based on boca ‘mouth’).
Example sentences
“That river disembogues into the northern ocean’.”
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…)
