Wednesday Word: Ranarian
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1word1dayRanarian [ruh-NAIR-ee-un] (adj.)
- Of, relating to, or resembling frogs; frog-like.
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866), satirical novelist and poet. From classical Latin rāna frog + -arian.
Used in a sentence:
“Mr. Thistlewick, possessed of a most regrettably ranarian visage, suggested a creature far better suited to a dank and ancient bog than to the refinements of polite society.”
(from The Grandiloquent Word of the Day FB page)
- Of, relating to, or resembling frogs; frog-like.
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866), satirical novelist and poet. From classical Latin rāna frog + -arian.
Used in a sentence:
“Mr. Thistlewick, possessed of a most regrettably ranarian visage, suggested a creature far better suited to a dank and ancient bog than to the refinements of polite society.”
(from The Grandiloquent Word of the Day FB page)
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Date: 2026-04-30 02:17 am (UTC)