Word of the Day with Jim Jefferies
Here to help us expand our vocabulary is comedian and actor Jim Jefferies. Jim is an Australian-American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. He created and starred in the American FX sitcom Legit and the Comedy Central late-night show The Jim Jefferies Show. He's embarking on his newest comedy tour since before the pandemic. See him Saturday, February 26th at The Boch Center Wang Theatre, or on The Moist Tour in a city near you.
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Today's word of the day is "inveigle", to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements.
Did you know: Inveigle is considered to be a calque based on a phrase meaning “without eyes” from Ancient Greek. Calque is a word or phrase that is literally translated when borrowed from one language into another. One famous literary calque appears in the series The Lord of the Rings; author J. R. R. Tolkien created the name Bag End as a calque of the French term cul-de-sac, which means “bottom of the bag.” Inveigle was first recorded in English circa 1480.
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