bacca

[ bak-uh ]

/ ˈbæk ə /

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a berry.

QUIZZES

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

From the Latin word bacca, bāca “olive, any round fruit, berry”

Dey had a big plantation an' raised cawn, wheat, cotton an' 'bacca.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States|Various
He wouldn' touch 'bacca, but he kept er twis' of dis bark in his pocket mos' all de time.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States|Various
"I killed that with bacca-smoke," he concluded in sepulchral triumph.
Peccavi|E. W. Hornung
De 'bacca worms an' de grasshoppas is a-gwine to chew up all de terbacca befo' men gits a chawnce at it.
The Master of Warlock|George Cary Eggleston

"I'll bet yer a pound of bacca on the little 'un," growled one of the sailors, as he leaned against a bulkhead.
Jones of the 64th|F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton