Word of the Day:
treacherous
What It Means
Exhibiting treachery.
Deceitful; inclined to betray.
a treacherous mountain trail
Treacherous in Context
“Work on the muskeg resulted in the formation in the first instance, and later in lengths of newly-laid track disappearing without trace into the treacherous bog.”
Did You Know?
From Old French trecheros, tricheros (“deceitful”), equivalent to treacher + -ous. See treacher.
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