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.”
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…)
