SPUDDLE

Etymology

Verb

spuddle (third-person singular simple present spuddles, present participle spuddling, simple past and past participle spuddled)

(obsolete, South England) To make a lot of fuss about trivial things, as if they were important

Anagrams

• puddles

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

23 November 2024

THEORETICAL

(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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