degringolade
Feb. 17th, 2006 07:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prettygoodworddegringolade - n., a rapid decline or deterioration, downfall.
I don't honestly expect this to have any real-world use, but I do like the sound of it. From French dégringoler, to tumble down, from des-, de- + gringueler, to tumble, from Middle Dutch crinkelen, to make curl, from crinc, ring, circle.
---L.
I don't honestly expect this to have any real-world use, but I do like the sound of it. From French dégringoler, to tumble down, from des-, de- + gringueler, to tumble, from Middle Dutch crinkelen, to make curl, from crinc, ring, circle.
---L.
