New Word I Learned: “Defenestration”

Smokler on October 1, 2005

Defenestration: “The act of throwing someone or something out of a window.” (via Schupp)

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2 Replies to “New Word I Learned: “Defenestration””

  1. genevieve October 17, 2005 at 7:49 pm

    And a grand old word it is too. Can one self-defenestrate, I wonder? (probably easier in French).

  2. genevieve October 17, 2005 at 7:49 pm

    And a grand old word it is too. Can one self-defenestrate, I wonder? (probably easier in French).

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