This week’s theme
Words formed by clipping

This week’s words
rad
phiz
pleb
divvy
phenom

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PRONUNCIATION:

(FEE-nom, fi-NOM)

MEANING:

noun: A person of outstanding ability or promise.

ETYMOLOGY:

Shortening of phenomenon, from Latin phaenomenon, from Greek phainomenon (appearance), from phainesthai (to appear), from phainein (to show). Earliest documented use: 1881.

USAGE:

“Can art assume consciousness? The New York-based phenom Ian Cheng has described his digital simulations as ‘video games that play themselves’.”
Andrea K. Scott; Spring Preview; The New Yorker; Mar 13, 2017.

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