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Today's words relate to modes of transport. balloon_history Airgonaut                1784 -1784 one who journeys through the air Balloonists, skydivers and other airgonauts are all a little mad, if you ask me. Montivagant         1656 -1658 wandering over hills and mountains The montivagant hiker crossed the Alps with ease but was stymied by the Andes. Nubivagant             1656 -1656 moving throughout or among clouds The glider flew like a nubivagant bird before emerging out of the clouds and into view. Quadragintireme     1799 -1799 vessel with forty rows of oars He couldn't have reached the battle even if he had been commanding a quadragintireme. Rhedarious              1656 -1656 of or serving as a carriage or chariot His fancy for rhedarious transport was seen as old-fashioned by his friends. boat For more lost words take a look at - http://phrontistery.info/clw4.html My sentence: The hot air balloon's master enjoyed the airgonaut and nubivagant of his craft. Whilst below he spied a quadragintireme gliding through the waves, another mode of rhedarious. Why not have a go yourself?

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