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Hissings
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Word Origin & History
hissing
1382, hissyng, of imitative origin, but originally also "whistling." In both senses expressing opprobrium. Of hiss, Johnson wrote, "it is remarkable, that this word cannot be pronounced without making the noise which it signifies."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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