Prowess (noun)
prou-wess
exceptional valour, bravery, or ability, especially in combat or battle.
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English, from Old French proesse, proece “goodness, bravery,” equivalent to prou (the fore part of a ship)
Example sentences
“He lacked the prowess to get the job done.”
Mackle (verb) mak-ul to blur, as from a double impression in printing First used in 1585–95. A variant of earlier macle, makle; earlier macule (from the Latin macula, “spot, blemish”).…