words are funny

The word "solemn" always throws me. It never looks like how I think it is supposed to be spelled.

sol·emn

adjective \ˈsä-ləm\

: very serious or formal in manner, behavior, or expression

: sad and serious

: done or made sincerely

Origin of SOLEMN

Middle English solempne, from Anglo-French, from Latinsollemnis regularly appointed, solemn

First Known Use: 14th century

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Traverse

¹tra·verse

 noun \ˈtra-vərs also -ˌvərs, especially for 6 & 8 also trə-ˈ or tra-ˈ\

Definition of TRAVERSE

1

:  something that crosses or lies across

2

:  obstacle, adversity

3

:  a formal denial of a matter of fact alleged by the opposing party in a legal pleading

4

a :  a compartment or recess formed by a partition, curtain, or screen

b :  a gallery or loft providing access from one side to another in a large building

5

:  a route or way across or over: as

a :  a zigzag course of a sailing ship with contrary winds

b :  a curving or zigzag way up a steep grade

c :  the course followed in traversing

6

:  the act or an instance of traversing :  crossing

7

:  a protective projecting wall or bank of earth in a trench

8

a :  a lateral movement (as of the saddle of a lathe carriage);also :  a device for imparting such movement

b :  the lateral movement of a gun about a pivot or on a carriage to change direction of fire

9

:  a line surveyed across a plot of ground

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Origin of TRAVERSE

Middle English travers, from Anglo-French travers (as in a travers, de travers across), from Latin transversum (as inin transversum set crosswise), neuter of transversus lying across; senses 5–9 in part from ²traverse — more attransverse

First Known Use: 14th century

Crevasse

cre·vasse

 noun \kri-ˈvas\

: a deep, narrow opening or crack in an area of thick ice or rock

Full Definition of CREVASSE

1

:  a breach in a levee

2

:  a deep crevice or fissure (as in a glacier or the earth)

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Origin of CREVASSE

French, from Old French crevace

First Known Use: 1813