This week’s theme
Back-formations

This week’s words
liaise
jerry-build
osmose
manumise
enthuse

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(OZ/OS-mos)

MEANING:

verb tr., intr.:
1. To diffuse gradually.
2. To undergo or to subject to osmosis: the diffusion of fluid from a solution of low concentration to one of high concentration through a semipermeable membrane.

ETYMOLOGY:

Back-formation from osmosis, from Greek osmos (to push). Earliest documented use: 1884, for osmosis: 1863.

USAGE:

“A sense of humor osmoses from one to the other.”
James Somers; The Friendship That Made Google Huge; The New Yorker; Dec 10, 2018.

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