| Wordsmith Talk | About Us | What's New | Search | Site Map | Contact Us | |||
Register Log In Wordsmith Talk Forums General Topics Q&A about words Help me with this word!!
Previous Thread 
Next Thread 
Print Thread 
'Wood' in Middle English (pronounced to rhyme with 'road'), and in early Modern English (Spenser used it), also meant "very irate" or "mad; i.e., demented" (often the same thing in the Middle Ages). This is the same thing -- a different word disguised like a more familiar one.
Moderated by Jackie
Link Copied to Clipboard
Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith Talk 

 
 
 
 
