SUPREME WORD OF THE WEEK: ROTE
PRONUNCIATION:
ROHT
MEANING:
noun:
1. A mechanical or unthinking way of doing something.
2. The sound of surf.
3. A medieval stringed instrument or Celtic origin. Also known as crowd or crwth.
1. A mechanical or unthinking way of doing something.
2. The sound of surf.
3. A medieval stringed instrument or Celtic origin. Also known as crowd or crwth.
ETYMOLOGY:
For 1:
Of obscure origin. Earliest documented use: 1325.
For 2: Perhaps of Scandinavian origin. Earliest documented use: 1610.
For 3: From Middle French rote. Earliest documented use: 1330.
For 2: Perhaps of Scandinavian origin. Earliest documented use: 1610.
For 3: From Middle French rote. Earliest documented use: 1330.
USAGE:
"From learning by rote they graduated to living by
rote."
Ashwini Bhatnagar; Dina Nath (MBA); 2014.
Ashwini Bhatnagar; Dina Nath (MBA); 2014.
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