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sir-reverence

noun

Etymology

An alteration of save-reverence or "save your reverence" (seen e.g. in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, act 1 scene 4), an apology for alluding to anything likely to shock one's sense of decency.

Definitions

  1. excrement

  2. Used apologetically when something offensive is mentioned.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sir-reverence. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA