Word of the Day: VERSUTIOUS


ETYMOLOGY
from Latin versutus (wily, cunning) + – ious


EXAMPLE
“…And what do I not ow thee for thy versutious Comple­ments to my Lady Lambert, whose beauty and ele­gance bewitched my affections, as thou well knowest; so that I could not forbear toying and tickling her at my son Ireton’s Funeral in Somerset-house, before all the Company!…”

From: A Third Conference Between O. Cromwell and Hugh Peters In Saint James’s Park, 1660

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