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# huguenot
## French
### Etymology

Usually derived from Middle French eiguenot, eyguenotz (“Swiss confederate; kind of soldier”), from German Eidgenosse (“confederate; Swiss person”), from Eid (“oath”) + Genosse (“companion”). It would then appear that the singular in -t is a French backformation from the plural, although it has also been compared to the Dutch eedgenoot (eed + genoot).
An alternate theory considers it a diminutive of Hugues (“Hugh”). The theory states that the term was originally used by Savoyard Roman Catholic supporters of the ruling Savoy dynasty as a derogatory designation (later embraced by Geneva republicans and by French Calvinists), with a meaning similar to "little Hughey", after the surname of Geneva burgomaster Besançon Hugues, who (though a Catholic himself) supported and participated in the rebellion against the rule of the Savoy dynasty, which led to the independence of Geneva in 1526.
See Huguenot on Wikipedia for more.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /yɡ.no/
** Audio:(file)
* IPA: /yɡ.nɔ/ (older, now chiefly Belgium)
* Rhymes: -o, -ɔ

### Adjective

huguenot (feminine huguenote, masculine plural huguenots, feminine plural huguenotes)
* Huguenot

### Noun

huguenot m (plural huguenots)
* Huguenot

### Derived terms

* huguenoterie
* huguenotique
* huguenotisme

### Descendants

* → Spanish: hugonote

### References

* James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Huguenot”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
* Brachet, A., An Etymological Dictionary of the French Language [Crowned by the French Academy], translated by G.W. Kitchin, 3rd ed., Oxford, 1882.

### Further reading

* “huguenot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
# épanouir
## French
### Etymology

From earlier espanouir, from Old French espannir, espanir, espandir, either from Latin expandere or a Germanic loan from Frankish *spannjan, from Proto-Germanic *spannō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (cognate with English span).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /e.pa.nwiʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

épanouir
* (reflexive) to blossom; to bloom; to flower
* (reflexive) to reveal its qualities
* (reflexive, figuratively) to thrive, flourish

#### Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

### References

* Brachet, A. (1873) “épanouir”, in Kitchin, G. W., transl., Etymological dictionary of the French language (Clarendon Press Series), 1st edition, London: Oxford/MacMillan and Co.
* “épanouir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
* James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Épanouir”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

### Further reading

* “épanouir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
# facty
## English
### Etymology

From fact +‎ -y. Doublet of factic.

### Adjective

facty
* (dated, informal) Consisting principally of facts
** 1883 November 2, Pall Mall Gazette, page 5 i, as cited in the Oxford English Dictionary, 1st edition, volume 4, published 1901, page 15:
    A 'facty' article on 'The Political Condition of Spain'.
** 1931, C.S. Lewis, The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis‎, volume 2, page 9:The attribution is probably wrong, said Thomas, but the tradition of his being a painter was interesting if we considered the specially artistic character of the 3rd gospel, as against the purely facty nature of the other two synoptics, or the mystical nature of the 4th.

#### Synonyms

* factful

#### Derived terms

* factiness

#### Related terms

* factual
* factitious
* factic

#### See also

* truthy

#### References

* James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Facty”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
# whewer
## English
### Etymology

Century, Wright's English Dialect Dictionary and the 1933 OED take it to be from whew (“(to make) a shrill whistling sound like the cry of a plover”) +‎ -er, and early cites also call the bird the "whistling widgeon".

### Pronunciation

* (non-rhotic) IPA: /hwjuːə/, (without the wine–whine merger) /ʍjuːə/
* (rhotic) IPA: /hwjuːɚ/, (without the wine–whine merger) /ʍjuːɚ/

### Noun

whewer (plural whewers)
* (UK, dialect) whew duck, Eurasian wigeon, wigeon (Mareca penelope).
** 1634, Althorp MS. in Simpkinson, Washingtons (1860), page xxiii:
    Peckards 3—broadbills 5—whewers 2
** 1668, Charleton, Onomast., page 100:
    Boscas, aliis Anas Fistularis [...] the Whewer, or Whistling Widgeon.
** 1718 [1674], John Ray, Francis Willughby, Philosophical Letters Between the Late Learned Mr. Ray and Several of His Ingenious Correspondents, Natives and Foreigners: To which are Added Those of Francis Willughby Esq, page 21:With the Fish I have put up in a Box some Water Fowl, viz. a Pocker, a Smew, three Sheldins, a Widgeon, and a Whewer; which two last are Male and Female of the same kind.
** 1806, Thomas Smith, The Naturalist's Cabinet: Containing Interesting Sketches of Natural History; Illustrative of the Natures, Dispositions, Manners, and Habits of All the Most Remarkable Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Amphibia, Reptiles, &c. in the Known World, page 217:Widgeons are common in Cambridgeshire, the Isle of Ely, &c. where the male is called the widgeon, and the female, the whewer. They feed upon wild periwinkles, grass, weeds, &c. which grow at the bottom of rivers and lakes. Their flesh has a very delicious taste, not inferior to teal, or wild ducks.
** 1908, Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News, page 172:the choicer fowl of mallard and widgeon (locally "whewers"), both in the Humber and the Tees, the former species being, of course, resident in the county.

### References

* “whewer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “whewer”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
* James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Whewer”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
* Joseph Wright, editor (1905), “WHEW”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volume VI (T–Z, Supplement, Bibliography and Grammar), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC.
# manganum
## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈman.ɡa.num/, [ˈmäŋɡänʊ̃ˑ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈman.ɡa.num/, [ˈmäŋɡänum]

### Etymology 1

New Latin, altered from Medieval Latin magnesia.

#### Noun

manganum n (genitive manganī); second declension
* manganese (chemical element 25)
* mangonel (type of balista)

##### Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

### Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon).

#### Noun

manganum n (genitive manganī); second declension
* siege engine

### References

* manganum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* manganum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Manganum”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
# barrator
## English
### Alternative forms

* barrater
* barretor

### Etymology

From Middle English baratour, from Old French barateor (“deceiver”), from Old French barater, bareter (“to deceive, cheat, barter”). Compare barter (intransitive verb).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbæɹətɚ/

### Noun

barrator (plural barrators)
* One who is guilty of barratry, vexing others with frequent and often groundless lawsuits; a brangler and pettifogger.
** 1860, Matthew Bacon, A New Abridgement of the Law, volume 2, page 75:But by Hawk. P. C. bk. 1, c. 21, if such suits are merely groundless, and brought only with a design to oppress the defendants, such a man may as properly be called a barrator as if he had stirred up others to bring them.
* One who abuses their office by dealing fraudulently.
** (obsolete) One who buys or sells political or ecclesiastic offices.
** A judge who accepts bribes.
** (maritime, admiralty law) A ship's master who commits gross fraud or barratry.
* (archaic) A quarrelsome person, one who fights, a bully.
** 1655, Thomas Stanley, “The Clouds of Aristophanes. Added (not as a Comicall Divertisement for the Reader, who can Expect Little in that Kind from a Subject so Antient, and Particular, but) as a Necessary Supplement to the Life of Socrates”, in The History of Philosophy. […], volume I, London: […] Humphrey Moseley, and Thomas Dring, […], →OCLC, 3rd part (Containing the Socratick Philosophers), Act I, scene iii, page 76:I care not though men call me impudent, / Smooth-tongu'd, audacious, petulant, abhominable, / Forger of vvords and lie, contentious Barretour, / Old, vvinding, bragging, teſty, crafty fox.

#### Translations
### References

* James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Barrator”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
# enomotarch
## English
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐνωμοτάρχης (enōmotárkhēs).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ɛˈnɒmətɑː(ɹ)k/, /ɪˈnəʊməˌtɑː(ɹ)k/

### Noun

enomotarch (plural enomotarchs)
* (historical, Ancient Greece) The commander of an enomoty.
** 1784-1810, William Mitford, The History of Greece:sixteen Enomotarchs : the number of soldiers he leaves unmentioned

### References

* “enomotarch”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Enomotarch”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
# tactilely
## English
### Etymology

From tactile +‎ -ly.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtæk.taɪl.li/, /ˈtæk.tə(l).li/

### Adverb

tactilely (comparative more tactilely, superlative most tactilely)
* In a tactile manner; by, or relating to, the sense of touch.

#### Synonyms

* tactually

### References

* James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Tactilely”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
* “tactilely”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

### Anagrams

* Little Cay
# stalely
## English
### Etymology

From stale +‎ -ly.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsteɪl.li/

### Adverb

stalely (comparative more stalely, superlative most stalely)
* In a stale manner.
* (obsolete) Of old; long since.
** 1611, Ben[jamin] Jonson, Catiline His Conspiracy, London: […] [William Stansby?] for Walter Burre, →OCLC, (please specify the page):Tut, all your promis'd mountains, And seas, I am so stalely acquainted with

#### Synonyms

* (of old): of yore, way back; see also Thesaurus:long ago

### References

* “stalely”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Stalely”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* Talleys, allyest, Saltley, yells at
# mallart
## Old French
### Etymology

From masle (“male”) +‎ -art, possibly through or influenced by Medieval Latin mallardus.

### Noun

mallart oblique singular, m (oblique plural mallarz or mallartz, nominative singular mallarz or mallartz, nominative plural mallart)
* male wild duck

#### Descendants

* → Middle English: malard, mawlard, mawdelard
** English: mallard

### References

* James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Mallart”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
# drumslade
## English
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch trommelslach (“drumbeat”), from trommel (“drum”) + slach (“beat”) (modern Dutch slag).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɹʌmsleɪd/

### Noun

drumslade (plural drumslades)
* (obsolete) A drum.
* (obsolete) A drummer.

### References

* James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Drumslade”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
# cresme
## Old French
### Alternative forms

* creme

### Etymology

Blended from Late Latin crāmum (“cream”) and Ecclesiastical Latin chrisma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμᾰ (khrîsma, “anointing”), from χρίω (khríō, “to anoint”).

### Noun

cresme oblique singular, f (oblique plural cresmes, nominative singular cresme, nominative plural cresmes)
* cream (milk product)

#### Descendants

* Middle French: chresme
** French: crème (see there for further descendants)
* → Middle English: creme, crayme, creem, creeme, crem, creyme, kreme
** English: cream (see there for further descendants)
* Norman: crème
* → Swedish: kräm

### References

* James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Cresme”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
# ooaa
## English

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### Alternative forms

* o-o-a-a, o-o-aa

### Etymology

From Hawaiian ʻōʻōʻāʻā.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈoʊˌoʊˌɑːˌɑː/, /ˌoʊˌoʊˈɑːˌɑː/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

ooaa
* Any member of the extinct species †Moho braccatus of oo birds of Hawaii.
** 1985, Graham Bateman, Songbirds, page 102:Only the ooaa still lives in the forests of Hawaii, feeding on insects and some nectar.
** 1986, Norris McWhirter, Guinness Book of World Records 1986, page 75:The strongest contenders [for rarest bird] […] must be the Ooaa (Moho braccatus) of Kauai, Hawaii, which was down to a single pair in 1980 […]

#### Hypernyms

* oo

### References

* “ooaa”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
* James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Ooaa”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
# buckwagon
## English
### Alternative forms

* buck-wagon

### Etymology

From Afrikaans bok (“buck; goat”) and English wagon. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests a possible derivation from Middle English bouk (“belly”) or Old English buc (“buck; deer”).

### Noun

buckwagon (plural buckwagons)
* (South Africa) A strong wagon with a frame over the wheels used for hauling goods.
** 1871, "An Act to Promote the Construction of a Bridge or Bridges over the Orange River", Cape of Good Hope:
    Upon each loaded buck-wagon, drawn by any sort of animals, not exceeding sixteen in number £0.17s.6d.
* (US) A buckboard; a wagon for personal transport as well as transporting goods.
** 1880, B.B. Simms, “Post-Office Deficiencies § Texas”, in United States congressional serial set, page 304:...while on the remaining days of the week a two-horse buck-wagon or hack is used.

#### References

* "buckwagon" in Noah Webster, Chauncey Goodrich, Noah Porter, and James Hadley. An American Dictionary of the English Language, 1864
* "buck, n.5" in James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Buckwagon”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
* “buckwagon”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
# большевизм
## Russian
### Etymology

From большев(и́к) (bolʹšev(ík)) +‎ -и́зм (-ízm).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bəlʲʂɨˈvʲizm]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

большеви́зм • (bolʹševízm) m inan (genitive большеви́зма, nominative plural большеви́змы, genitive plural большеви́змов)
* Bolshevism

#### Declension
### References

* James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Большевизм”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
# रमा
## Sanskrit
### Etymology

From the stem of रमते (ramate, “to enjoy, to please”).

### Noun

रमा • (ramā) stem, f
* a wife, mistress
* name of Lakshmi, the goddess of fortune
* good luck, fortune, opulence
* splendour, pomp

#### Descendants

* English: Rama
* Telugu: రమ (rama)

### References

* James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “रमा”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
# ensynopticity
## English
### Noun

ensynopticity (uncountable)
* Ability to talk with a general view of a subject. Ability to give a synopsis.

### References

* James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Ensynopticity”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
# escarn
## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* escarni

### Etymology

Deverbal from escarnir, from Vulgar Latin *escarnire representing Proto-Germanic *skarnjan. Cognate with Portuguese escárnio, Spanish escarnio and Italian scherno.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [əsˈkarn]
* IPA: (Valencia) [esˈkaɾn]

### Noun

escarn m (plural escarns)
* ridicule; taunt

### References

* James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Escarn”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

### Further reading

* “escarn” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “escarn”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
* “escarn” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “escarn” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
# snoose
## English
### Etymology

From Swedish snus.

### Pronunciation

* enPR: snoo͞s, IPA: /snuːs/
* Rhymes: -uːs

### Noun

snoose (uncountable)
* Alternative form of snus
** 2008, Louise Erdrich, The Plague of Doves, page 7:Our mother had given him a red coffee can for spitting snoose.

### Further reading

* James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Snoose”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
# βαρεῖ
## Ancient Greek
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ba.rêː/ → /βaˈri/ → /vaˈri/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /ba.rêː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /baˈri/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /βaˈri/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /vaˈri/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /vaˈri/

### Adjective

βᾰρεῖ • (bareî)
* masculine/neuter dative singular of βᾰρῠ́ς (barús)
# paludi-
## English
### Etymology

From Latin palūdem (palūs).

### Prefix

paludi-
* Pertaining to marshes and swamps.

#### Derived terms

* paludicole, paludicoline, paludicolous; paludification; paludiphile, paludiphilia

### See also

* paludial, paludian, paludic, paludinal, paludine, paludinous, paludious, paludose, paludous
* paludarium
* palus, palude

### References

* James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Paludi-”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
# βαρύν
## Ancient Greek
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ba.rýn/ → /βaˈryn/ → /vaˈrin/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /ba.rýn/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /baˈryn/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /βaˈryn/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /vaˈryn/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /vaˈrin/

### Adjective

βᾰρῠ́ν • (barún)
* masculine accusative singular of βᾰρῠ́ς (barús)
# damosella
## English
### Etymology

Variant of damoiselle or damosel, 15th and 16th century variants of damsel, from early Middle English dameisele.

### Noun

damosella (plural damosellas)
* (archaic) Damsel.
** c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:But, damosella virgin, Was this directed to you?

### References

* ↑ “Damosella”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* ↑ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Damosella”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
# twirl
## English
### Etymology

Of Scandinavian origin, akin to Norwegian Nynorsk tvirla, Old High German dweran (German zwirlen, quirlen), Dutch dwarrelen and Icelandic þyrill; all from Proto-Germanic *þwirilaz (“stirring-stick, whisk”), *þweraną (“to stir”). Or, an alteration of tirl (“to twist”), with influence from whirl.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈtwɜːl/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈtwɝl/
* Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l

### Noun

twirl (plural twirls)
* A movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette.
* Any rotating movement; a spin.
    The conductor gave his baton a twirl, and the orchestra began to play.
* A little twist of some substance; a swirl.
** 1969, The South African Sugar Journal, volume 53, page 51:Place the cream in a piping bag with a fairly large star pipe attached, fill each tartlet with a twirl of cream and top with a strawberry.
* (slang) A prison guard.
    Synonym: screw
** 1958, Frank Norman, Bang to rights: an account of prison life, page 67:Which was in the main childishness and pettiness, the reason for this was that most of the twirls and the governors had […]

#### Derived terms

* squirl
* twirl one's thumbs
* twirler

#### Translations
### Verb

twirl (third-person singular simple present twirls, present participle twirling, simple past and past participle twirled)
* (intransitive) To perform a twirl.
* (transitive) To rotate rapidly.
** 1753, Robert Dodsley, Agriculture:See ruddy maids, / Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel.
** 1812, Lord Byron, “Canto I”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. A Romaunt, London: Printed for John Murray, […]; William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and John Cumming, Dublin; by Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, stanza XLVII:No more beneath soft eve's consenting star / Fandango twirls his jocund castanet.
* (transitive) To twist round.
** 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 85:He inflated his chest, twirled his moustache, and thumped the table with a revulsion to thunderous indignation.
* (baseball) To pitch.
** 1949, Mark Raymond Murnane, Ground Swells: Of Sailors, Ships, and Shellac, page 302:When the batteries were announced, however, and Herb Pennock of the Boston Red Sox, probably the best pitcher in all baseballdom, was named to twirl for the invading team, we felt we had been tricked.

#### Derived terms

* twirl one's moustache

#### References

* ↑ Etymology in Merriam Webster's Dictionary
* ↑ “Germanic cognates”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2008 October 3 (last accessed), archived from the original on 5 January 2021
* ↑ Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
* ↑ “twirl”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “twirl”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
* ↑ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Twirl”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.