Today's word in my "Forgotten English 365-day Calendar of Vanishing Vocabulary and Folklore" is:
Biwrixle: to change, transform (from Sir James Murray's New English Dictionary, 1888--I guess it was new in 1888.)
So, my dear blog-readers, your challenge--should you accept it--is to use the word biwrixle in a sentence.
Here's my shot at it:
Mavis hopes her facelift surgery will biwrixle her wrinkles into smooth skin.
Writing advice, publication opportunities, and thoughts on books, language, and life from Donna Volkenannt, winner of the Erma Bombeck Humor Award. Donna believes great stories begin in a writer's imagination and touch a reader's heart.
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Monday, March 28, 2011
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