October 20

Question 1

brusque

Answer 1

markedly abrupt/blunt

Being blunt to the point to the point of rudeness

Question 2

sui generis

Answer 2

of its own style, of its own class

Question 3

avant la lettre

Answer 3

before it was coined

Question 4

apocryphal

Answer 4

Fictitious, of questionable authenticity.

E.g. Newton’s apple

Question 5

peregrination

Answer 5

a journey, especially by foot

Question 6

aphorism

Answer 6

A tersely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage. synonym: saying.