Word of the Day
for Tuesday,
June 11, 2013
Spelunk \spi-LUHNGK\, verb:
to explore caves, especially as a hobby.
They were flown to
Lebanon to ski the unlikely snow, sail the Mediterranean, spelunk
the Jeita cave.
-- Kim Barnes, In the Kingdom of Men. 2012
-- Kim Barnes, In the Kingdom of Men. 2012
The pair of young
German professors spelunking
with their electric torches in the rafters of the Old-New Synagogue, or
Altneuschul, had, as it happened, gone away disappointed; for the attic under
the stair-stepped gables of the old Gothic synagogue was a cenotaph.
-- Michael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, 2000
-- Michael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, 2000
Spelunk entered English in the 1300s from the Latin spelunca
meaning "cave" or "cavern."
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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