RETIRACY

Noun

retiracy (usually uncountable, plural retiracies)

(US, dated, chiefly, humorous) retirement

• C. A. Bristed

Source: Wiktionary


Re*tir"a*cy, n.

Definition: Retirement; -- mostly used in a jocose or burlesque way. [U.S.] Bartlett. What one of our great men used to call dignified retiracy. C. A. Bristed.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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