Trifurcate (verb)
tri-fur-kayt
Divide into three branches or forks.
Mid 19th century: from Latin trifurcus ‘three-forked’ (from tri- ‘three’ + furca ‘fork’) + -ate.
Example sentences
“He traced the skin on her arm to where her veins trifurcated at the wrist.”
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…)