Saturday, January 3, 2015

Word of the Day (January 03, 2015)

Word of the Day (January 03, 2015)

Adroit – (adj.) very clever or skillful

Example: “ He drove in an adroit manner through the maze of the traffic.”

Origin: French, from Old French, from “a-“ (from Latin “ad-“) + “droit” right, droit.

First use: 1652

(Reference: Merriam Webster Dictionary. Merriam-Webster Dictionary Application. Merriam-Webster, Inc., 2015.)

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