wayworn
Thursday, January 24th, 2008(adj.)
weary with travelling.
word’s encounter: dictionary.com’s Word of the Day.
word’s use: wayworn was the man searching for a word’s definitive meaning.
Words encountered that demanded of me a dictionary.
(adj.)
weary with travelling.
word’s encounter: dictionary.com’s Word of the Day.
word’s use: wayworn was the man searching for a word’s definitive meaning.
(verb trans.)
urge or request (someone) solemnly or earnestly to do something: I adjure you to tell me the truth.
word’s encounter: Henry James’s Portrait of a Lady.
word’s use: I adjure everyone to avoid the use of adjure or abjure.
(noun - esp. in Ireland, Scotland and South Africa)
an unlicensed establishment or private house selling alcoholic liquor and typically regarded as slightly disreputable.
word’s encounter: DA’s Friday cryptic crossword in The Age.
word’s use: a woman’s frequenting a shebeen may lead to bad puns.
(verb trans.)
word’s encounter: in confusion with adjure from Henry James’s Portrait of a Lady.
word’s use: I abjure one’s use of the rather ugly abjure