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prettygoodword) wrote2006-02-17 07:19 am
prettygoodword) wrote2006-02-17 07:19 am
degringolade
degringolade - 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.