Splay (verb)
splei
Thrust or spread (things, especially limbs or fingers) out and apart.
Middle English (in the sense ‘unfold to view, display’): shortening of the verb display.
Example sentences
“she splayed out her hand across his chest.”
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…)
