WORD OF THE DAY.

The Word of the Day comes from "TALK TO ME" by T C Boyle.

BRACHIATE

Verb.

(of certain apes) move by using the arms to swing from branch to branch. "the gibbons brachiate energetically across their enclosure"

Origin.

18th century (originally in the sense ‘having paired branches’): from Latin brachium ‘arm’