This week’s theme
There’s a word for it

This week’s words
apricate
ascesis
senary
arenicolous
pregustator

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(ar-uh-NIK-uh-luhs)

MEANING:

adjective: Living, growing, or burrowing in sand.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin harena/arena (sand) + colere (to inhabit). Earliest documented use: 1851.

USAGE:

“‘Where have you disappeared to? Where have you been living?’ I asked Tariq. ... ‘Are you trying to tell me that he lives like arenicolous worms?’”
Jamal S. Jumah; The Artistic Visage of Dalia; Xlibris; 2010.

See more usage examples of arenicolous in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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