WUZZLE

Etymology 1

Arbitrary coinage, said to have been first used by WE Schevill of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Noun

wuzzle (plural wuzzles)

A group social-sexual interaction among certain species of dolphin.

Verb

wuzzle (third-person singular simple present wuzzles, present participle wuzzling, simple past and past participle wuzzled)

(intransitive) To take part in such an interaction.

Etymology 2

Verb

wuzzle (third-person singular simple present wuzzles, present participle wuzzling, simple past and past participle wuzzled)

(transitive, US, dialect, dated) To jumble or confuse.

Source: Wiktionary



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24 December 2024

INTUITIVELY

(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”


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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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