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conuly ([personal profile] conuly) wrote2019-09-07 10:05 am

Huh.

It turns out that the words bullion and bouillon are in fact related. They both come from the French "to boil", which incidentally is where the English word "boil" comes from. The older English word is seethe.
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[personal profile] wpadmirer 2019-09-07 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
So when someone seethes, they really are boiling mad! (grin)

[personal profile] anankastick 2019-09-08 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
That's exactly what I thought!
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[personal profile] archangelbeth 2019-09-08 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
Ooooo, all new meanings for Seething Quail!