Tuesday, 18 March 2008

Debark?

Much better than disembark.

Found it in Isabel Allende's Zorro. Thought it was Allende's genius that had conjured up the elegant new word. But http://www.m-w.com/ assures me that the word has been in use since 1654.

1 comment:

Radhika said...

Didn't you love the book. Revived many memories.