The BFD Word of the Day

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sedentary (adjective):

1 : not migratory
2a : doing or requiring much sitting
b : not physically active
3 : permanently attached

Source : Merriam -Webster

Etymology : English speakers borrowed sedentary in the late 16th century from Middle French sedentaire, which in turn derives from Latin sedentarius. Sedentarius, which means “of one that sits,” is from the present participle of the verb sedere, meaning “to sit.” Other descendants of sedere in English include dissident, insidious, preside, reside, and subsidy. Sedere is also the base of the rare word sedens, a noun meaning “a person who remains a resident of the place or region of his birth.”

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