peacherino | Word of the Day

August 27, 2019 peacherino [pee-chuh-ree-noh] noun 1. a person or thing that is especially attractive, liked, or enjoyed. ways-to-say 11 Unique Words Or Phrases For Wedding Vows And Toasts slang The Greatest Language Hits Of Black Music WORD OF THE DAY peacherino continued... QUOTES "It's a peacherino!" declared Tom enthusiastically. "Just wait till you see it and listen to the music coming in." -- A. Hyatt Verrill, The Radio Detectives, 1922 ORIGIN Slang terms are notoriously difficult to etymologize, and peacherino is a slang term. Peacherino, with the variant spellings or words peachamaroot, peacherine, peachermaroot, is American in origin, formed from peach in the sense "someone or something especially attractive, liked, or enjoyed," and the suffix -erino, of uncertain origin, but possibly from the suffix -eroo (of uncertain origin itself) augmented by the Spanish or Italian diminutive suffix -ino. The suffix -erino has its own variants, such as -arina, -arino, -erama, -ereeno, -erine. Peacherino entered English in the late 19th century. MORE FOR YOU 1 English Could Really Use These 9 Wunderbar German Words Many intimidating German terms actually pack in some truly amazing concepts—all in a single word. So, we think it would be wunderbar ("wonderful") if English embraced these nine (not nein!) German gems. 2 Slang And Spelling Bees Influence Word Searches Over The Past Three Months Here are the top 10 most searched words over the past three months. 3 These Are The Most Misspelled Words On Dictionary.com Have you ever typed a word into Dictionary.com just to see how it's spelled? Yup, us too. Here are the most misspelled words so far for 2019. 4 Exculpate, Mockumentary, Burpless, And Other Words That Trended On Dictionary.com This Past Week In this batch of trending words, we offer a "stirring" mix of 10 terms that trended (i.e., significantly increased by percentage measured against searches on the the previous day). 5 How The Letter "X" Creates More Gender-Neutral Language As our understanding of gender expands from the binary of male and female to include intersex, nonbinary, and transgender people, we are exploring new ways of describing gender identity and expression—and the letter X has the power to help. © 2019 Dictionary.com, LLC. ABOUT CONTACT You are subscribed to the Word of the Day as: matzom229@gmail.com Subscriber since: September 06, 2017 Unsubscribe Dictionary.com, LLC. 555 12th Street Suite 400 Oakland CA 94607 Manage your subscription Terms & Privacy