7 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
noun a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate
originEtymology tree English clang Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English clanger From clang (“loud ringing sound”) + -er.
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