Wednesday word: promulgate

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promulgate: [proh-muhl-geyt]

verb:

1. To make an idea or a belief known to many people through a public proclamation.

2. To make a new law known through a public announcement.

3. To set forth or publicly teach a new doctrine.

etymology: 1520-1530  Latin prōmulgātus

Thursday word: rorulent

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rorulent - adj., covered with dew, dewy.


Also, in zoology, of a surface, appearing as if dusty or covered with fine dew -- as plums often are. Not sure how that dusty sense creeps in, given the root is very firmly dewy: from Latin rōrulentus, from ros, dew. Regardless, this is a much quieter word than it sounds -- I first thought it might mean bright red, or maybe that lions could be described by it.

The rorulent spiderwebs glittered in the morning sunlight.

---L.