This week's theme
Words from Harry Potter

This week's words
scud
resplendent
slipstream
heinous
sepulchral
higgledy-piggledy
canker

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PRONUNCIATION:

(HIG-uhl-dee PIG-uhl-dee)

MEANING:

adverb: In a disordered or random manner.
adjective: Confused; jumbled.

ETYMOLOGY:

Of unknown origin, perhaps referring to the herding of pigs. Earliest documented use: 1598.

USAGE:

"Owl feathers, apple cores, and sweet wrappers littered the floor, a number of spell books lay higgledy-piggledy among the tangled robes on his bed."
J.K. Rowling; Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; Bloomsbury; 2005.

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