Word of the
Day for Friday 11th July 2014
Environs \ en-VAHY-ruhnz, -VAHY-ernz, EN-ver-uhnz, -vahy-ernz \,
noun;
1. The surrounding parts or districts, as of a city; outskirts; suburbs.
2.
Surrounding objects; surroundings; environment.
3.
An area or space close by; vicinity.
Quotes:
On the Saturday afternoons the inhabitants of New Rochelle harnessed
their horses to their carts, to convey the women and little ones, and the
men in the prime of life walked all the distance to New York, camping out
in their carts in the environs of the city through the night...
-- Elizabeth Gaskell, "Traits and Stories of the Huguenots," 1853
At the same hour that Narcisse and his companions entered the sombre
and suspicious looking dwelling, the advocate returned to his home in the
upper environs of the city, wearied in mind and frame…
-- Charles Heavysege, The Advocate , 1865
Origin:
Environs came to English in the mid-1600’s from the Old French word
meaning "around."
Thanks
to: www.dictionary.com
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