Thursday, June 29, 2017

The OED Has A New Last Word (And, Scrabble Players, It's Worth 23 Points!)

Some other dictionaries have had the word before, but the Oxford English Dictionary has just admitted it. The definition? "a genus of tropical weevils (family Curculionidae) native to South America and typically found on or near palm trees."



Article source here:Arts Journal

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