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Sep 18, 2019
This week’s themeShakespearean insults
This week’s words
dotard
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scullion
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PRONUNCIATION:
(SKUL-yen) 
MEANING:
noun:
1. A servant who does menial work in a kitchen, such as washing dishes.
2. A lowly or contemptible person.
1. A servant who does menial work in a kitchen, such as washing dishes.
2. A lowly or contemptible person.
ETYMOLOGY:
Of uncertain origin, probably from Old French escouvillon (dishcloth, mop), diminutive of escouve (broom), from Latin scopa (broom) or from scullery (a small kitchen), from Old French escuele (dish), from Latin scutella, diminutive of scutra (pan). Earliest documented use: 1483.
USAGE:
“The exiled ex-monarch was attended by a huge number of maids, valets, gardeners, and scullions.”
Nazi Skeletons in Coco’s Closet; The Daily Telegraph (London, UK); Jul 13, 2019.
“Falstaff: Away, you scullion! You rampallion! You fustilarian! I’ll tickle your catastrophe.”
William Shakespeare; Henry IV, Part 2; 1599.
See more usage examples of scullion in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.
Nazi Skeletons in Coco’s Closet; The Daily Telegraph (London, UK); Jul 13, 2019.
“Falstaff: Away, you scullion! You rampallion! You fustilarian! I’ll tickle your catastrophe.”
William Shakespeare; Henry IV, Part 2; 1599.
See more usage examples of scullion in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.
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