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Words that aren’t what they appear to be

This week’s words
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sodalist
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PRONUNCIATION:

(SO-duh-list)

MEANING:

noun: A member of a sodality (a fellowship or association).

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin sodalitas (fellowship), from sodalis (companion). Earliest documented use: 1794.

NOTE:

A sodalist is not a list of Coke, Pepsi, and other carbonated beverages.

USAGE:

“The single lamp still burned near Braethen, who watched the smacking lips of the sodalist who’d tried to swear him in.”
Peter Orullian; The Unremembered; Tor; 2011.

See more usage examples of sodalist in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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