This week’s theme
Adjectives

This week’s words
allicient
cernuous
xanthic
predaceous
hortative

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(SUHR-noo/nyoo-uhs)

MEANING:

adjective: Drooping, nodding, or bending forward.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin cernuus (bowing). Earliest documented use: 1653.

USAGE:

“Her body was half turned away, her neck stretched forward, head cernuous.”
Mary Travers; Litany; Smashwords; 2011.

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

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