This week’s theme
Words for people

This week’s words
neoist
rounder
hotspur
blellum
pot-valiant

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(RAUN-duhr)

MEANING:

noun: A drunkard, idler, or self-indulgent person.

ETYMOLOGY:

Apparently referring to one who makes rounds of bars or downs many rounds of drinks. From Latin rotundus (round), from rota (wheel). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ret- (to run or to roll), which also gave us rodeo, rotunda, rotate, rotary, roulette, orotund, rondeau, and rotund. Earliest documented use: 1854.

USAGE:

“There are people on King Street, rounders and workers alike, moving briskly along the neat sidewalk.”
Bill Dunphy; Take Care in the Core; The Spectator (Hamilton, Canada); Jan 10, 2002.

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

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