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Interesting words, initially I part 2

ideate ['aɪdiːeɪt]. This is a single word that means to form an idea, or to imagine. So much more interesting to say “I ideated” rather than “I had an idea”! Or so I thought. Unfortunately, a quick look online (instead of in the paper dictionary from the 1980s, updated from the 1884 original) reveals that it is now commonly used in the workplace for brainstorming. Most people probably therefore think of it as a new word, even though the first known use of it was in 1609!

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