Word of the Day:
procacious
What It Means
Procacious in Context
“In his little room in the Surgical Hospital—once the High School […] his house-surgeons and clerks and dressers—now all over the world, working out his principles and practice—will well remember how delightful he was, standing with his back to the fire, making wise jokes […] now abating a...”
Did You Know?
From Latin procāx (“bold, impudent”), from procō (“ask, demand”), from procus (“suitor”).
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