May 26, 2016 · Caspar Milquetoast was a comic strip character created in 1924 by the American cartoonist Harold T. Webster. The strip, called 'The Timid Soul,' ran every Sunday in the New …

Jan 21, 2023 · The Latin adjective acer, meaning 'sharp,' forms the basis of a number of English words. Acerbic ('having a bitter temper or sour mood'), acrid ('having a sharp taste or odor'), …

Jun 22, 2022 · What It Means To quibble is to argue or complain about small, unimportant things. The word can also mean "to evade the point of an argument by making trivial or frivolous …

Oct 21, 2018 · Occurring frequently in news articles and headlines, rebuff derives (via Middle French rebuffer) from Old Italian ribuffare, meaning 'to reprimand,' and ultimately from the …

Aug 30, 2021 · Numinous is from the Latin word numen, meaning 'nod of the head' or 'divine will' (the latter sense suggesting a figurative nod, of assent or of command, of the divine head). …

Mar 17, 2024 · The village of Blarney in County Cork, Ireland, is home to Blarney Castle, and in the southern wall of that edifice lies the famous Blarney Stone. Legend has it that anyone who …

Jan 6, 2023 · What do you call a building in which grain is stored? These days, English speakers are most likely to call it a granary, but there was a time when garner was also a good …