This week’s theme
Eponyms

This week’s words
lorelei
Paul Pry
boycott
chauvinism
lovelace

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(BOI-kot)

MEANING:

verb tr.: To protest by refusing to buy a product or to deal with a person, organization, nation, etc.
noun: The practice or an instance of this.

ETYMOLOGY:

After Charles C. Boycott (1832-1897), an English land agent in Ireland, who was ostracized for refusing to lower rents during a time of poor harvest. Earliest documented use: 1880.

USAGE:

“Despite pressure to boycott state elections, voters in the disputed region of Kashmir are flocking to the polls.”
A Shift in the Mountains; The Economist (London, UK); Dec 10, 2014.

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

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