Thicket (noun)
thik-it
A dense group of bushes or trees.
Old English thiccet (see thick)
Example sentences
“We could hear the owl, but we couldn’t see it in the dense thicket.”
Soigné (adj) swahn-yay Carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed First recorded in 1915–20. Borrowed directly from French; originally from soin, meaning “care.” (more…)
Scuttle (verb) skut-l to run with quick, hasty steps First recorded between 1450–1500. Combines scud, meaning “to dart or run,” + frequentative suffix -le. Sometimes associated with the locomotion of…
