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Oragious (pronounced or-AY-juhss) is an English borrowing of the French word orageux, meaning stormy or tempestuous.

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The first of the words was estrenar, from Spanish and meaning “to wear or use or do for the first time.” Jack Tuttle, of Hyde ...

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