This week’s theme
Back-formations

This week’s words
bludge
politick
allocute
adolesce
foray

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PRONUNCIATION:

(POL-i-tik)

MEANING:

verb intr.: To engage in (usually partisan) political activity.

ETYMOLOGY:

Back-formation from politicking (engaging in partisan political activity), from politic (pragmatic, shrewd), from Old French politique (political), from Latin politicus (political), from Greek politikos (political), from polis (city). Earliest documented use: 1892.

USAGE:

“The Wise Man, by contrast, doesn’t politick: he is studious, reserved, quiet, and self-effacing.”
Sebastian Hamilton; A Shameful Witch-Hunt; Daily Mail (London, UK); Sep 17, 2016.

See more usage examples of politick in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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