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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-474/
- Published: 2021-05-17T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-04-04T19:02:05.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14

The word for today is…

hare (noun, verb) –  
noun – : any of various swift, gnawing, herbivorous, usually shy lagomorph mammals (family Leporidae and especially genus Lepus) that have long ears, short tails, and powerful long hind legs, are usually solitary or sometimes live in pairs, have the young open-eyed and furred at birth, and live in aboveground nests  
verb – : to go swiftly

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hare?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : No doubt you’ve heard Aesop’s fable about the speedy hare and the plodding tortoise. The hare may have lost that race due to a tactical error (stopping to take a nap before reaching the finish line), but the long-eared mammal’s overall reputation for swiftness remains intact. It’s no surprise, then, that hare is used as a verb meaning “to move quickly.” The noun hare (which refers, in its most specific zoological sense, to a member of the genus Lepus, whose young are usually able to hop a few minutes after birth) is a very old word. It first appeared as hara in a Latin-Old English glossary around the year 700\. The verb was in use by the end of the 19th century, and people have been “haring off” and “haring about” ever since.

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