Marabout (noun)
ma-ra-boot
A Muslim holy man or hermit, especially in North Africa.
Early 17th century via French and Portuguese from Arabic murābiṭ ‘holy man’.
Example sentences
“The marabout passed the father words of wisdom.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
