Word of the Day: AMBIFARIOUS


ETYMOLOGY
from Latin ambifarius two-sided, of double meaning + -ous


EXAMPLE
“…The Bridegroom, with his Bride is brought,
To Bed with various Turn of Thought;
By Ruth, with ambifarious Jest:
To please them both, she thinks it best
…”

From: Poems on Various Subjects,
By Thomas Sadler, 1766
The Unfortunate Batchelor, Or Wife’s Resentment

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