Word of the Day: GRACILENT


ETYMOLOGY
from Latin gracilentus (slender, thin),
from gracilis (gracile, gracefully slender) + -entus


EXAMPLE
“…his old  scratch-wig  awry,  and  his  garments  sadly  bespeaking wretchedness;  we  think  we  can  see  him, with  this  outward  repulsiveness  of  appearance,  sitting down  to  give  a  gracilent  opinion  of  the  canine species…”

From: The Ladies’ Repository
A Monthly Periodical Devoted to Literature and Religion, January, 1852
“Thoughts on a Canine Subject”
By James Pummill

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