This week's theme
Words with variant spellings

This week's words
durance
suasion
versal
monish
complice

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(VUHR-suhl)

MEANING:

adjective: Universal; whole.

ETYMOLOGY:

Shortening of universal, from Latin universum (universe). Ultimately from the Indo-European root wer- (to turn or bend), also the source of wring, weird, writhe, worth, revert, universe, verso, versicolor, and animadvert. Earliest documented use: 1590s, in Romeo & Juliet.

USAGE:

"She looks as pale as any clout in the versal world."
William Shakespeare; Romeo & Juliet; 1590s.

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