Word of the Day: Cenatory

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Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Today's Word Brought to You By adjective 1. Of or relating to dinner (the evening meal) or supper. Today's Word Brought to You By Tackle Your Credit Card Debt By Paying 0% Interest Until Nearly 2027 If you have outstanding credit card debt, getting a new 0% intro APR credit card could help ease the pressure while you pay down your balances. FinanceBuzz's credit card experts identified top credit cards that are perfect for anyone looking to pay down debt and not add to it! Click through to see what all the hype is about. Learn More "I try to do some cenatory preparations before I leave for work, such as thawing chicken or chopping vegetables." "Jackson has what he calls his 'cenatory suit,' a dinner jacket he wears only to formal events." "My brother always seemed to disappear at the cenatory hour, hiding from my mother's calls to come inside." Latin, mid-17th century It might not make sense to you at face value why "cenatory" is an adjective that describes something related to supper, or the evening meal, but it comes from the Latin verb "cenare," meaning "to dine." "Cenatory" entered English as an invention of Sir Thomas Browne (1606-1682), who also coined the words "medical," "electricity," "carnivorous," "prairie," "ferocious," and nearly 800 others. ... Continue Reading Do you remember these words? Thank you for supporting our advertisers.

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