SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY: CANAILLE
PRONUNCIATION:
(KUH-NAYL,-NY )
MEANING: (noun): The common people; the masses; riffraff.
ETYMOLOGY: From French canaille (villain,
rabble), from Italian canaglia (pack of dogs, rabble), from cane (dog), from
Latin canis (dog). Ultimately from the Indo-European root kwon- (dog), which is
also the source of canine, chenille (from French chenille: caterpillar,
literally, little dog), kennel, canary, hound, dachshund, corgi, cynic, and cynosure. Earliest documented use: 1676.
USAGE: "The
gang in the alley was not canaille; fine gentlemen from the court were raging
here."
Isak Dinesen; Last Tales; Random House; 1957.
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