Word of the Day 01/19/25 Monadnock
Monadnock (noun)
monadnock [ muh-nad-nok ]
noun
1. Physical Geography. a residual hill or mountain standing well above the surface of a surrounding peneplain.
2. (initial capital letter) Mount, a mountain peak in SW New Hampshire. 3,186 feet (971 meters).
Origin: 1735-45, Americanism; after ( Grand ) Monadnock (earlier name of Mount Monadnock) < a S New England Algonquian name, literally, isolated mountain
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monadnock [ muh-nad-nok ]
noun
1. Physical Geography. a residual hill or mountain standing well above the surface of a surrounding peneplain.
2. (initial capital letter) Mount, a mountain peak in SW New Hampshire. 3,186 feet (971 meters).
Origin: 1735-45, Americanism; after ( Grand ) Monadnock (earlier name of Mount Monadnock) < a S New England Algonquian name, literally, isolated mountain
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.