Comeuppance: kam-a-pan(t)s
Part of speech: noun
Origin: American
English
1. Deserved
punishment or fate
2. Just desserts
Examples used in a sentence:
1. It was satisfying
to see the thief receive his comeuppance.
2. Some evil people
go decades before they get their comeuppance, which can be frustrating
to others waiting for justice.
About Comeuppance
One might be able to imagine a posh British lord speaking of
the just comeuppance of a rival, but the word is actually an American invention.
Did You Know?
If comeuppance sounds like a relatively modern word, that’s
because it is. It doesn’t appear in
English until the late 19th century.
Comments
Post a Comment