More about churlish

• In use since before 1000.
• From Middle English cherlish, from Old English ceorlisc. See churl + -ish¹.

EXAMPLES OF CHURLISH

• My churlish remarks offended everyone at the dinner table.
• The customer’s churlish attitude made the cashier’s day difficult.

More about timbre

• First recorded between 1325–75.
• Middle English tymbre, from Middle French “clapperless bell, bell rung by a hammer.”
• Ultimately from Greek týmpanon, “timbrel, kettledrum, drum.”

EXAMPLES OF TIMBRE

• Her voice had a warm timbre that was comforting to hear.
• I admired the timbre of the actor’s voice, finding it captivating.

More about frabjous

• Coined by Lewis Carroll in the poem “Jabberwocky” from the novel Through the Looking-Glass (1871):

• Perhaps meant to suggest fabulous or joyous.

EXAMPLES OF FRABJOUS

• The children had a frabjous time at the amusement park.
• The frabjous celebration lasted well into the night.