book word
noun
: a word learned solely or principally from reading and often understood without knowledge of its customary pronunciation
eleemosynary is a book word
fine book words and long sentences
Charles Kingsley
Charles Kingsley
Word History
First Known Use
circa 1670, in the meaning defined above
- fit
- fit (in or into)
- fit (in)
- fit (into the mold of
- fit (into/in) the mold of
- fit (out)
- fit and flare
- fit and flares
- fit as a fiddle
- fit as a flea
- fit for a king
- fit in
- fit in or into
- fit in) the mold of
- fit of laughter
- fit out
- fit plant
- fit the bill
- fit the pattern of
- fit to be tied
- fit to burst
- fit to kill
- fit up
- fit-and-flare
- fit-and-flares