Wednesday's learn and earn...

~WORD OF THE DAY~

fossick  \FAH-sik\  ~ verb

DEFINITION:

a : to search about : rummage

b : to search for by or as if by rummaging : ferret out

EXAMPLES: As teenagers, the twins spent many summer afternoons fossicking for opals in the old mine.

"Meanwhile that little dog of ours, whose pedigree goes back some 400 years, is out the front fossicking round on the lawn and in the garden, following scents, sniffing at new growth, chasing birds (and flies), barking at cats or watching the world go by from the front doorstep." -- From an article by Garth George in The New Zealand Herald, October 7, 2010

DID YOU KNOW? The first people to "fossick" (in the oldest but still-current meaning of the word), back in the 1850s, were picking over abandoned mining excavations in search of gold or gemstones. But within a few decades "fossick" was being used more generally to mean "to search about" or "to rummage." "Fossickfussick," meaning "to bustle about," and the second "fossack" or "fussock," meaning "a troublesome person."

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Have a great day everyone!

C.Q.