E. Gadd's Word of the Week & Others' Interpretations of Said Word™️

[E. Gadd Industries]

9/2/16 Depone (v.)- to assert under oath: testify

[E. Gadd Industries]

9/3/16 Rearguard (adj.)- of or relating to resistance especially to sweeping social forces

[JDMEK5]

9/1/16 Sciolism (n.)- a superficial show of learning

Me after reading this thread

[E. Gadd Industries]

I get my words from various online places (and a calendar), so I learn a lot of the words, too.

[E. Gadd Industries]

9/4/16 Abrogate (v.)- 1. To abolish by authoritative action: annul  2. To treat as nonexistent

So me with the popular crowd at school X'D

[E. Gadd Industries]

9/5/16 Foison (n.)- 1. archaic: rich harvest  2. chiefly Scottish: physical energy or strength  3. plural, obsolete: resources

[cashwarrior1]

Is it pronounced "Foison" or "Foison"?

[E. Gadd Industries]

No no no, it's pronounced "Foison".

[Sebastian]

Oh, darn. I thought it was pronounced ˈfoiz(ə)n/

[E. Gadd Industries]

No? I never said that was the word of the day. It isn't even close!

[E. Gadd Industries]

9/6/16 Passim (adv.)- here and there

[mikey]

what

[E. Gadd Industries]

The snow, scattered passim, was of a mild yellow color.
Make sense?

9/7/16 Cadge (v.)- beg, sponge

Wait, sponge???

[Dudeman]

Sponge, from Google:
(informal) obtain or accept money or food from other people without doing or intending to do anything in return.

[E. Gadd Industries]

Huh. I have never heard of it. Cool. That word describes certain people at school with pencils.