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Cultus
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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Also called cultus cod.
Origin:
1850–55, Americanism; < Chinook Jargon kə́ltəs worthless, bad, < Lower Chinook kə́ltas in vain, only (but perhaps itself < Chinook Jargon)
1850–55, Americanism; < Chinook Jargon kə́ltəs worthless, bad, < Lower Chinook kə́ltas in vain, only (but perhaps itself < Chinook Jargon)
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| cultus (ˈkʌltəs) | |
| —n , pl -tuses, -ti | |
| chiefly RC Church another word for cult | |
| [C17: from Latin: a toiling over something, refinement, | |
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