Word of the Day: Gangrel

Gangrel (noun) – Mendigo; vagabundo; vadio.

English Version

Gangrel (noun) – 1. A lanky, loose-jointed person.
2. A wandering beggar; vagabond; vagrant.

The suffix -rel has a very precise use: to denote nouns that are seen
as worthless.

Quote

I longed to tell you so when you threw me over at the meeting for that pretentious pedant, that long-backed Leslie, whom I remember as a gangrel gawky with his sleeves half-way up his arms.
— Elizabeth Lynn Linton, The Rebel of the Family



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