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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-158/
- Published: 2020-07-02T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-07-02T11:17:17.000Z
- Author: Peter Andersen
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00

The word for today is…

antebellum (adj) – Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.

Source : [The Free Dictionary](https://www.thefreedictionary.com/antebellum?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : ante-bellum also antebellum, from Latin phrase ante bellum, literally “before the war;” see ante- + bellicose. In U.S., usually in reference to the American Civil War (1861-65); attested in that specific sense by 1862 (it appears in a June 14 entry in Mary Chesnut’s diary).

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