Word of the Day:
substratum
What It Means
A layer that lies underneath another.
The underlying cause or basis of something.
A substrate.
Substratum in Context
“However exaggerated an estimate this might be, the substratum of truth was solid and auriferous enough to dazzle the imagination.”
Did You Know?
Learned borrowing from New Latin substrātum, nominalisation of the neuter of Latin substrātus, perfect passive participle of substernō. By surface analysis, sub- + stratum.
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