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Oriel
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
oriel
"a large recessed window," 1360, from O.Fr. oriol, perhaps from M.L. oriolum "porch, gallery" (1259), perhaps from V.L. *auraeolum, dissim. from a dim. of L. aulaeum "curtain." Despite much research, the sense evolution remains obscure.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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