Monday, May 09, 2011

Word of the Day: hoghenhine

hoghenhine (n)

A member of one's family; a guest who stays more than three nights.

"As to guests, we will that every one uncouth, answer for his guest that he shall have harboured for more... than two nights together, so that the first night he shall be deemed a stranger and uncouth, the second night a guest, and the third night a hoghenhine."
--Francis Morgan Nichols, Britton

I suggest that you NOT refer to your family members or long-term guests using this word, at least not in their presence, unless you are extremely angry with them. They might take it the wrong way.

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