A free service provided by Writers Nexus International

Writing Resources:
  • New Novelist Software
  • Writer Circles
  • Author Me
  • FirstWriter.com
  • Novel Advice
  • Robin's Nest for Writers
  • The Scriptorium
  • Women on Writing


A Writer's Dictionary:

pumpernickel Definition


Dictionary Home » Words Starting with P » pulse code ... pupil » pumpernickel


pumpernickel
noun
    1. A dark heavy coarse ryebread, eaten especially in Germany.
Etymology: 18c: from German, meaning ‘lout', perhaps literally ‘stink-devil' or ‘fart-devil', because of the after-effects of eating it.



Click Here