100 Day Challenge: Words #16

Episode 16 (days 76 to 80) of my 100 day challenge to find words I don’t know. I’m scraping words from https://randomword.com/ and each day picking one that I find interesting and which is also in the OED.

Day Date Word Meaning
76 Wednesday 15 January fiacre a small four-wheeled carriage for hire; a hackney-coach
77 Thursday 16 January sipe to percolate or ooze through
78 Friday 17 January guereza an Ethiopian monkey (Colobus guereza) with long hair and a bushy tail
79 Saturday 18 January phoeniceous of a bright red or crimson colour
80 Sunday 19 January yelt ** a young sow

** My favourite of the words presented.

Next episode in a few days!