Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Something added gratuitously; an additional number or quantity thrown in: same as lagniappe: used by negroes and others about Charleston, South Carolina.
Wiktionary
- n. Something added at no extra charge, usually edible such as the thirteenth item in a baker's dozen.
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek βρωτός (brōtós, "edible") (Wiktionary)
Examples
“* XdiciC to Leonidas, who was older tfian Cleom• - brotus, the youngeft of the fons of Anaxandrides»”
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
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Ortitude
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