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SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY: ROUNCEVAL OR ROUNCIVAL
PRONUNCIATION:
(ROUN-si-vuhl)
MEANING:.
(adjective): Big or strong.
(noun): Someone or something that is large. (noun)
(noun): Someone or something that is large. (noun)
ETYMOLOGY:
From Roncesvalles, a town at the foot of the Pyrenees. It was
the site of the Battle of Roncevaux Pass in 778 in which Roland, a commander of
Charlemagne's army, was defeated by the Basques. Over time the story turned
into a legend and giant bones of prehistoric animals discovered there were
claimed to be those of heroes slain at the battle. Earliest documented use:
1570
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USAGE:
"She was a big girl, a rouncival, Desroches called her."
Dolors Tool; Appetite for Murder; Breakwater Books; 2002.
"Gold ingots the size of rounceval peas, they say. Oh, and there's another curious aspect to the legend."
Louis Bayard; The School of Night; Henry Holt and Co.; 2010.
"She was a big girl, a rouncival, Desroches called her."
Dolors Tool; Appetite for Murder; Breakwater Books; 2002.
"Gold ingots the size of rounceval peas, they say. Oh, and there's another curious aspect to the legend."
Louis Bayard; The School of Night; Henry Holt and Co.; 2010.
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