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This week’s words
behoof
comminute
maffick
inhere
spavined

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(MAF-ik)

MEANING:

verb intr.: To celebrate boisterously.

ETYMOLOGY:

Back formation from Mafeking (now Mahikeng), a town in South Africa, where a British garrison was besieged for 217 days during the Boer War. Lifting of the siege on May 17, 1900, sparked wild celebrations in London. Earliest documented use: 1900.

USAGE:

“Mother, may I go and maffick,
Tear around and hinder traffic?”
Saki aka HH Munro (1870-1916).

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