The Wonderful World Of Words, 4/2/17
While some of you may be anticipating the arrival of today's word, here in Southeastern region of the U.S. we are enjoying an absolutely glorious Spring!
DEFINITION:
Noun
Frost
SYNONYMS:
Freeze
Hoarfrost
ANTONYMS:
Thaw
ETYMOLOGY/ORIGIN:
Approximately 17th century
Latin (gelum-, "frost" + -cide, "fall" or " "fall down")
PRONUNCIATION:
[jel'-i-seid]
SCRABBLE SCORE:
12, but it is not considered an official Scrabble word
USAGE AND EXAMPLES
Unfortunately, the last of the garden did not survive the GELICIDE of that early November morning.
--Mostly Likely WWWords Since Not A Single Sentence Was Found Anywhere Using This Word and We Looked Everywhere
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