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0:00It's Merriam Webster's Word of the Day 4 March 29th. Support is available 24-7 with verbo care. We're here day or night, ready whenever you need help, because a great trip starts with the right support. Today's word is Kaj, spelled C-A-D-G-E. Kaj is a verb. To Kaj something is to persuade someone to give it to you for free. Kaj can also mean to take use or borrow something without acknowledgement. Here's the word used in a sentence from the press and journal of Scotland. How could a convenient route between housing estates and friends' homes be an issue? Let me explain. It was all Sherlock Holmes' fault. William and his terrifying hound of the Baskervilles. There were occasions when my imagination took over completely, and I ended up going the

1:05long way round through the busier, better lit roads of the village. Those beasties wouldn't dare to come off the greens and into the gardens. I never admitted this to any of my friends, not even those brave enough to catch a lift from me on occasion. Long ago, peddlers traveled the British countryside, each with a pack-horse or a horse-and-cart, first carrying produce from rural farms to town markets, then returning with small wares to sell to country folk. The middle English word for such traders was Kajir, Scottish dialects rendered the term as Kajir. The verb Kaj was created as a back formation of Kajir, which is to say it was formed by removal of the ER suffix. At its most general, Kajir meant carrier, and the verb Kaj meant to carry. More specifically, the verb meant to go about as a Kajir or peddler. By the 1800s, it was used when someone who posed as a peddler turned out to be more of

2:08a beggar, from which arose the present day use of the verb Kaj, for the actions of trying to get something for free by persuading or imposing on another person. With your word of the day, I'm Peter Sankolowski.