Word of the Day: COLLI-MOLLY

ETYMOLOGY
– a jocular corruption of melancholy

EXAMPLE
“…The devil was a little colli-mollie, and would not come off…”

From: A Glossary, Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to Customs, Proverbs, Etc.
By Robert Nares, 1822

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