Word of the Day: FRUISH

ETYMOLOGY
from Old French fruiss- lengthened stem of fruir (to enjoy),
from Latin *fruire (classical Latin frui deponent vb.)

EXAMPLE
“… I may not fruisshe tho iocunde clippinges that are redy to holy spirites. …”

From: The earliest English translation of the first three books of the De Imitatione Christi
By Thomas à Kempis, c1425

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