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Obsure words explained79. – philippic

PHILIPPIC

Searing critical

speech, like we hear about Trump.

Weary of his lies!


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Unusual U.K. place names 56. – Ormesby

ORMESBY, Yorkhire

Viking settlement

Home to the Pennyman’s

Free to the public

 


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Unusual U.K. place names54. – Wyre Piddle

WYRE PIDDLE, Worcestershire

famous brewery

Brewed “Piddle in the Hole” beer

On Piddle Brook


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Obscure words explained 78. – gree

GREE

A step or rank earned

Prize given for victory.

from Latin gradus


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Obscure words explained 77. – fictile

FICTILE

Of or relating

to pottery, baked thrown clay

painted and then glazed.


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Unusual U.K. place names 53. – Moreton in Marsh

MORETON in MARSH, Gloucestershire

Farmstead on the moor

Romans, Saxons came after

Iron-age settlers


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Obscure words explained 76. – sagacious

SAGACIOUS

Acute mental strength

Keen practical sense, shrewdness

Wise beyond belief

 


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Unusual U.K. place names 52. – Wensleydale

WENSLEYDALE,  Yorkshire

Home to the Metcalfe clan

named after Woden’s  meadow

Famous for its cheese


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Unusual U.K. place names 58. – Godmanchester

GODMANCHESTER, Cambridgeshire

Durovigtum

Settled by Celts and Saxons.

An old Roman town