This week’s theme
Words that keep glowing even with a burnt-out letter

This week’s words
platitudinarian
orotund
suberous
parable
dubiety

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(SOO-buhr-uhs)

MEANING:

adjective: Like cork in appearance or texture.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin suber (cork oak). Earliest documented use: 1670.
Remove the initial letter and you get uberous.

USAGE:

“Most of the year [floss silk trees] are noticed primarily for their unique trunks that are covered with suberous, pea green bark and large, squat, keep-your-distance thorns.”
Joshua Siskin; Learning About Spectacular-Looking Floss Silk Trees; Daily News (Los Angeles, California); Sep 11, 2014.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: