#058 - Pot-valor
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vocab_drabblesThis week's word is
Also: Pot-valour, pot-valiant
(POT-val-uhr)
NOUN
Boldness or courage induced by the consumption of alcohol. Also known as liquid courage or Dutch courage.
ETYMOLOGY:
From pot, alluding to a drinking pot + valor (boldness), from Latin valor (worth), from valere (to be well, be of worth). Ultimately from the Indo-European root wal- (to be strong), which also gave us valiant, avail, valor, value, wieldy, countervail, valence, valetudinarian, and valorize. Earliest documented use: 1623.
--From A.Word.A.Day
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Pot-valor
Also: Pot-valour, pot-valiant
(POT-val-uhr)
NOUN
Boldness or courage induced by the consumption of alcohol. Also known as liquid courage or Dutch courage.
ETYMOLOGY:
From pot, alluding to a drinking pot + valor (boldness), from Latin valor (worth), from valere (to be well, be of worth). Ultimately from the Indo-European root wal- (to be strong), which also gave us valiant, avail, valor, value, wieldy, countervail, valence, valetudinarian, and valorize. Earliest documented use: 1623.
--From A.Word.A.Day
with Anu Garg
