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Promulgation
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
Example Sentences
- The law will be effective one month after its promulgation.
- Cavazos and the promulgation of the new policy was at best murky.
- Soon after the promulgation of the sentences the friends and relatives of the prisoners began to arrive at the arsenal.
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Word Origin & History
promulgate
1530, from L. promulgatus, pp. of promulgare "make publicly known," perhaps from provulgare, from pro- "forth" + vulgare "make public, publish." Or the second element may be from mulgere "to milk," used metaphorically for "cause to emerge."
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