squid_slime to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoFavourite word and why?message-squaremessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down13file-text
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minus-squareKarcinogen@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoEntreat - verb - ask someone earnestly and anxiously to do something It’s a handy word that kind of combines “pleading” and “asking”. It’s a bummer it fell out of style because I can think of many scenarios where it would fit perfectly.
Entreat - verb - ask someone earnestly and anxiously to do something
It’s a handy word that kind of combines “pleading” and “asking”. It’s a bummer it fell out of style because I can think of many scenarios where it would fit perfectly.
I entreat that we bring this word back