SESQUICENTENNIAL

I just heard the word sesquicentennial on an audiobook. I knew that it meant a 150th anniversary, but I looked it up anyway.

The meaning of SESQUICENTENNIAL is a 150th anniversary or its celebration.

By the way, there's a Sesquicentennial State Park in Columbia, S.C.

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I just found the word factotum in a novel. It means a person having many diverse activities or responsibilities (sounds like a jack of all trades).

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I'd never seen the obloquy before today,  so I looked it up and found two meanings.

It's a state of disgrace resulting from public abuse, or it's abusive language or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions.

It sounds like someone's getting cussed out.

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