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Lounge chairs have sprouted up in yards and driveways like propagating agave, and many of us have migrated from the penetralia of our backyards to porches and lawns.—Maria Neuman, WSJ, 6 June 2020
Word History
Etymology
Latin, neuter plural of penetralis inner, from penetrare to penetrate
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