squid_slime@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 months agoFavourite word and why?message-squaremessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squareKarcinogen@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoEntreat - verb - ask someone earnestly and anxiously to do something It’s a handy word that kind of combines “pleading” and “asking”. It’s a bummer it fell out of style because I can think of many scenarios where it would fit perfectly.
minus-squaresquid_slime@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoI entreat that we bring this word back
Entreat - verb - ask someone earnestly and anxiously to do something
It’s a handy word that kind of combines “pleading” and “asking”. It’s a bummer it fell out of style because I can think of many scenarios where it would fit perfectly.
I entreat that we bring this word back