Definitions
Place where someone lives or receives mail; also a formal speech.
Word origin
From Middle English adressen (“to radise erect, adorn”), from Old French adrecier (“to straighten, address”) (modern French adresser), from Proto-Romance *addīrēctiāre, from ad- (“to; towards”) + *dīrēctiāre (“to guide; to direct”), from Latin dīrēctus (“straight; right”), from dīrigō (“to lay straight; to direct”), itself from regō (“to govern, to rule”). Cognate with Spanish aderezar (“to garnish; dress (food); to add spices”).
Used in a sentence
“[H]e was thus agreeable, and I neither insensible of his Perfections, nor displeased at his Addresses to me […].”
“a man of pleasing or insinuating address”
“Mr. Gregson, who had listened to this address with considerable impatience, could contain himself no longer.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Speech or location”7 letters
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