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   Yen

   /yen/

   

   noun

   • 1. a longing or yearning: "the continuing boom in the economy is allowing many consumers to indulge their yen for high-end toys"

   verb

   • 1. feel a longing or yearning: "it's no use yenning for the old simplicities"

   Word Origin late 19th century (in the sense ‘craving for a drug’): probably from Chinese yǎn ‘craving’, possibly reinforced by yān ‘opium’.

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • Y

     4

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

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