Pencil Definition
To tentatively make a booking or appointment.
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Origin of Pencil
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Middle English pencel artist's brush from Old French pincel, peincel from Vulgar Latin pēnicellus alteration of Latin pēnicillus diminutive of pēniculus diminutive of pēnis tail, brush pes- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Anglo-Norman and Old French pincil (modern pinceau (“paintbrush")), from Latin diminutive peniculus (“brush"), from noun penis (“tail") + diminutive suffix -culus.
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