Word of the
Day for Wednesday 16th July 2014
Garboil \ GAHR-boil \,
noun;
1. Archaic . confusion.
Quotes:
I am at your pleasure; dispose of me as you will without further garboil.
-- William T. Vollmann, Argall: The True Story of Pocahontas and Captain
John Smith , 2001
"...I wouldn't mind if she weren't a prominent person of the kind that's
always in some sort of garboil.That would mean more trouble, sooner or
later…"
-- L. Sprague de Camp, "The Gnarly Man," 1939
Origin:
Garboil hails from the Old Italian garbuglio. It entered English in the mid-1500’s.
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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