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prettygoodwordversal (VER-suhl) - adj., entire, whole.
Shortened from universal in 1592, apparently by Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet II.iii: "she looks as pale as any clout in the versal world." And lest you sniff at such shortening, varsity comes from university by the same process.
---L.
Shortened from universal in 1592, apparently by Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet II.iii: "she looks as pale as any clout in the versal world." And lest you sniff at such shortening, varsity comes from university by the same process.
---L.
