This week’s theme
No el

This week’s words
folkmoot
qualm
pastillage
psalm
pointillage

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(sahm)

MEANING:

noun: A sacred poem or song.
verb intr.: To sing a poem or song.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Old English psealm, from Latin psalmus, from Greek psalmos (plucking of strings), from psallein (to pluck). Earliest documented use: c. 450 CE.

USAGE:

“I look up at a new commotion, not the usual
blackbirds psalming from the unleaved branches.”
Maureen Duffy; Environmental Studies; Enitharmon; 2013.

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

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