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Words from various languages that built the English language



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ugsome PRONUNCIATION: (UG-suhm)

MEANING: adjective: Dreadful, loathsome.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old Norse ugga (to fear). As in many typical stories where one child in a family becomes well-known while the other remains obscure, "ugly" and "ugsome" are two words derived from the same root -- one is an everyday word while the other remains uncommon. Earliest documented use: around 1425.

USAGE: "She believed it was a step in the right direction that would eventually lead to abolishment of the ugsome deeds befalling all of them."

Catherine Ann Sabatino; Voices in the Midst; AuthorHouse; 2010.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Walking is man's best medicine. -Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine (460-377 BCE)





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