acharnement
noun
achar·ne·ment
ä-shär-nə-ˈmäⁿ
plural -s
: ferocity
Word History
Etymology
French, ardor, relentlessness, ferocity, from acharner to bait, excite (from Old French, from a-—from Latin ad-— + charn-, stem of char meat, from Latin carn-, caro) + -ment
First Known Use
1756, in the meaning defined above
- nicotiana
- nicotianae
- nicotianas
- nicotians
- nicotin-
- nicotina
- nicotinamide
- nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
- nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
- nicotinamides
- nicotine
- nicotinean
- nicotined
- nicotineless
- nicotines
- nicotinian
- nicotinic
- nicotinic acid
- nicotinisms
- nicotinize
- nicotino-
- nicotinoyl
- nicotins
- nicotinyl
- nictate