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Populace
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
Example Sentences
- The populace expects subsidies and the government is unwilling to pay the political cost in getting rid of them.
- The tumbrils clatter over the cobblestones and the populace cries for heads.
- Of course not: he seizes the opportunity to try to take control of the scared populace.
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Word Origin & History
populace
1572, from M.Fr. populace, from It. popolaccio "riffraff, rabble," from popolo "people" (from L. populus "people") + pejorative suffix -accio.
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