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Tidings
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Example Sentences
- No tidings have been received of the whereabouts of these or the others, and no hopes are now entertained of their safety.
- She went on her way, knocking on other cabins with the same ebullient tidings.
- But the folk dances from those same nations are usually glad tidings.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
tidings
"announcement of an event," 1069, from O.E. tidung "event, occurrence, piece of news," perhaps in part a verbal noun from O.E. tidan "to happen," in part from O.N. tiðendi (pl.) "events, news," from tiðr (adj.) "occurring," from PIE *di-ti- (see tide). Cf. Norw. tidende
EXPAND"tidings, news," Du. tijding, Ger. Zeitung "newspaper").
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