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Podcast: Word of the Day
Episode: Paletot
Description: Paletot is a noun that refers to a loose outer jacket.
Coming from Middle English, our word of the day was later brought into French. Here’s an example of paletot in use:
It looked to me that Janine’s fur coat was way too warm for a late summer day. So I wore a paletot, but found it was too cold for that. Some days make it hard to find the right medium.