Read a "new" word: "Temblor" this morning.

Meanderer

Meanderer

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This morning's paper had the headline "Temblor Staggers Nepalese". That word was unfamiliar to me, so I looked it up.

temblor


noun tem·blor \ˈtem-blər; ˈtem-ˌblȯr, tem-ˈ\

Definition of TEMBLOR

: earthquake

See temblor defined for English-language learners

Examples of TEMBLOR


  • <a temblor knocked down many of the buildings in the village>


Origin of TEMBLOR

Spanish, literally, trembling, from temblar to tremble, from Medieval Latintremulare — more at trembleFirst Known Use: 1876


 

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You`re obviously not from California LOL. That was one of our first spelling words in school-had to be. I experienced my first significant earthquake in the first grade,fifteen minutes before school was out for the day. Very frightening. My husband actually pronounces the word "tremblor",which makes me chuckle and really does describe the event better.
 
Mrs. Robinson said:
You`re obviously not from California LOL. That was one of our first spelling words in school-had to be. I experienced my first significant earthquake in the first grade,fifteen minutes before school was out for the day. Very frightening. My husband actually pronounces the word "tremblor",which makes me chuckle and really does describe the event better.
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You are right Mrs R, we don't get many earthquakes in PA, but I have always used the word tremor, to describe one. On the day the Challenger blew up, while eating lunch in the truck, there was a slight tremor, that rocked the truck briefly. They may become more common, due to fracking.
 

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