It’s Monday January 30…
Only one more day and then… tune in next month
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After doing none last year, this is already the second word quiz of 2023. Might be a vintage year for vocabulary tests. Vintage, a word that comes from… ah, but that would be giving it away for some future quiz. Perhaps, maybe, could be, we’ll see.
This quiz is all about words ending in -oon, for no reason other than words ending in -oon are fun. Balloon, cartoon, spittoon, macaroon. Fun and tasty, too.
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dragoon
Walloon
poltroon
pantaloon
spadroon
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(d) dragoon (drə gōōn′) Cavalryman who fights on horseback and/or on foot.
(a) Walloon (wä′-lōōn) A member of a people of southern and southeastern Belgium and adjacent parts of France.
(d) poltroon (pōl trōōn′) Lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard; a fellow without spirit or courage; a dastard; a coward.
(b) pantaloon (păn′ tə lōōn) Commedia dell’arte character, usually a skinny old dotard wearing spectacles, slippers, and tight-fitting trousers and stockings. [Hence, pantaloons (with an S) loose-fitting usually shorter than ankle-length trousers]
(c) spadroon (spə′ drön) Light straight short sword (suitable for both cutting and thrusting)
Scoring
5 — Woo-Hoo!
4 – Oooh
3 – Oh, OK
2 – So-so
1 – Oh-oh
0 – Big fat O-fer
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Filed 1/6/23