Word of the Day 02/01/23 Sennachie
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Sennachie (noun)
sennachie [ sen-uh-kee ]
noun Chiefly Scot., Irish.
1. a professional storyteller of family genealogy, history, and legend.
Also shan·a·chie [shan-uh-kee].
ORIGIN: First recorded in 1530–40; from Scots Gaelic seanachaidh, from Irish Gaelic seanachaidhe, from Old Irish senchaid, variant of senchae “historian,” equivalent to sen “old, ancient” + cūis “matter, affair”; see senior
HOW TO USE SENNACHIE IN A SENTENCE
All the clansmen and servants in the same house are massacred, all save one, an old domestic and a sennachie.
THE CELTIC MAGAZINE, VOL. I, NO. VI, APRIL 1886|VARIOUS
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.
sennachie [ sen-uh-kee ]
noun Chiefly Scot., Irish.
1. a professional storyteller of family genealogy, history, and legend.
Also shan·a·chie [shan-uh-kee].
ORIGIN: First recorded in 1530–40; from Scots Gaelic seanachaidh, from Irish Gaelic seanachaidhe, from Old Irish senchaid, variant of senchae “historian,” equivalent to sen “old, ancient” + cūis “matter, affair”; see senior
HOW TO USE SENNACHIE IN A SENTENCE
All the clansmen and servants in the same house are massacred, all save one, an old domestic and a sennachie.
THE CELTIC MAGAZINE, VOL. I, NO. VI, APRIL 1886|VARIOUS
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.