Added 9 October 2026
varnish
/ˈvɑː(ɹ)nɪʃ/ noun
Latin root: vernix Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about varnish at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
verb
- Cover with varnish.
Origin
From Middle English vernisch, vernish, from Old French vernis, from Medieval Latin vernix, veronix, from Byzantine Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē, “Berenice”), a town in Cyrenaica, now called Benghazi.
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