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Jan 4, 2024

This week’s theme
“New” words

This week’s words
numero uno
noodgy
pneumatology
nuciform
nutant

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nuciform

PRONUNCIATION:

(NOO/NYOO-suh-form)

MEANING:

adjective: Like a nut.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin nux (nut) + -form (having a shape). Earliest documented use: 1843.

USAGE:

“Her perfect little nuciform body only vaguely stirred him.”
Corey Mesler; Memphis Movie; Soft Skull; 2015.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo. -Max Eastman, journalist and poet (4 Jan 1883-1969)

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