Vedette (noun)
ved-et
(historic) A mounted sentry positioned beyond an army’s outposts to observe the movements of the enemy.
A leading star of stage, screen, or television.
Late 17th century from French, literally ‘scout’, from an alteration of southern Italian veletta, perhaps based on Spanish velar ‘keep watch’.
Example sentences
“A vidette standing at the entrance.”
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…)
