Word of the Day: REMORAL


ETYMOLOGY
from Latin remora (delay) + -al


EXAMPLE
“…Besides great Counsellors have their private, and their publique ends; and their private affections do oftentimes yield to their publique judgements, and make them remoral in their friends suits. And therefore noble natures will be rather thankful for good turns received, than ungrateful, that they enjoy not all their own hearts desire…”

From: Collectanea Curiosa; 
Or Miscellaneous Tracts, 
Relating to the History and Antiquities of England and Ireland,
John Gutch, 1781
An Apology for the late Lord Treasurer Sir Robert Cecill, Earl of Salisbury,
Written by Sir Walter Cope, a1625

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