LandaBooks Word Quiz Answers: LMNOP
- A customer. Lagniappe, derived from Creole and used mostly in the South (especially Louisiana) refers to a small gift given by a merchant to a customer.
- A magnum (from Latin magnus, large) can mean either a large bottle of wine (usually 1.5 liters) or a firearm that fires bullets with more-powerful charges than usual. (It also means unusually large or powerful.)
- The nape (from Middle English) is the back of the neck (often phrased nape of the neck). The mother cat carried her kittens by the nape of the neck.
- Op cit (from Latin opus citatum), often used in footnotes, means in the work cited or quoted.
- A paragon (from Old Italian) is a model of excellence. She appeared to be a paragon of virtue, but had a secret life as an agent provocateur.
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