Word of the Day: Tocsin

Can you pronounce tocsin?

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

noun 1. An alarm bell or signal. "We awoke every morning to a blaring tocsin from the neighbor's apartment." "The record flooding was the tocsin the state needed to take coastal erosion more seriously." "When you hear the tocsin, head to the pier for departure." Ads help keep Word Daily free. Provençal, late 16th century "Tocsin" is an archaic word for an alarm or signal. It was originally a bell sounded to alert an entire city, but over time it became more of a metaphorical warning signal. For example: "We saw the declining population as a tocsin." ... Continue Reading Do you remember these words? Thank you for supporting our advertisers.

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