Friday, May 15, 2015

Word building: ACHES and LACHES and TACHES

We all have our aches and pains.

But what are LACHES?

Laches is a noun, which means "failure to do something at the proper time, especially such delay as will bar a party from bringing a legal proceeding."

And TACHES?

We covered TACHE few days ago - it's a buckle or a clasp. TACHES is the plural.

How about DACE and TACE? Remember what they were?

DACE is a small freshwater fish, and TACE is a different spelling of the word TASSET, which is a piece of armor for the thighs.

 

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