This week’s theme
Words to describe people

This week’s words
gongoozler
hail-fellow
connoisseur
gangrel
vulgarian

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Next week’s theme
Words related to weapons

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(vuhl-GAY-ree-uhn)

MEANING:

noun: A boorish, lewd, and crude person who makes a conspicuous display of wealth.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin vulgus (mob, common people). Earliest documented use: 1833.

USAGE:

“Maxie, how can a clean-cut child such as yourself bear to be around such a vulgarian?”
Max Allan Collins; USS Powderkeg; Brash Books; 2019.

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

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