Monday, January 20, 2025

Brush Up Your Vocabulary

Nefandous (nuh-FAN-duhs): So wicked as to defy description: abominable, appalling. From Latin nefanus (wicked), from ne- (not) + fandus (to be spoken), gerundive (verbal adjective) of fari (to speak). Earliest documented use: 1649. Suddenly back in vogue: 2025.

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