Word of the Day
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Catholicon - #474
05 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today's word of the day is catholicon, C-A-T-H-O-L-I-C-O-N. Catholicon is a noun that means a panacea or cure-all. Although our word of the day has n...
Vespertine - #473
05 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today's word of the day is vespertine. It's spelled V-E-S-P-E-R-T-I-N-E. Vespertine is an adjective that means happening in the evening. Vespertinus ...
Adscititious - #472
04 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s word of the day is adscititious. It’s spelled A-D-S-C-I-T-I-T-I-O-U-S. Adscititious means coming from the outside. Adscititious is derive...
Dulcet - #471
03 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s word of the day is dulcet, D-U-L-C-E-T. Dulcet is an adjective that means pleasing to taste or hear. Our word of the day is a versatile one...
Perquisite - #470
02 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s word of the day is perquisite. It’s spelled P-E-R-Q-U-I-S-I-T-E. Perquisite is a noun that means a privilege or profit made in addition to...
Raillery - #469
01 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s word of the day is raillery, R-A-I-L-L-E-R-Y. Raillery is a noun that means good natured ridicule. You may have noticed the word rail embed...
Emblazon - #468
31 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s word of the day is emblazon. It’s spelled E-M-B-L-A-Z-O-N. Emblazon is a verb that means to celebrate or extol. Emblazon got its start wit...
Impute - #467
30 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s word of the day is impute, I-M-P-U-T-E. Impute is a verb that means to lay the responsibility or blame for. The latin word imputo (eem POO t...
Trammel - #466
29 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s word of the day is trammel, T-R-A-M-M-E-L Trammel is a verb that means to restraint freedom. The Latin word for three, trēs (tray ss)...
Lachrymose - #465
29 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s word of the day is lachrymose. It’s spelled L-A-C-H-R-Y-M-O-S-E. Lachrymose is an adjective that means tending to cause tears. Our word o...
Sublimate - #464
27 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s word of the day is sublimate, S-U-B-L-I-M-A-T-E Sublimate is a verb that means to direct the expression of a desire or an impulse to a more ...
Aesopian - #463
26 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s word of the day is Aesopian. It’s spelled A-E-S-O-P-I-A-N. Aesopian is an adjective that means conveying an innocent meaning to an outside...
Climacteric - #462
25 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s word of the day is climacteric. It’s spelled C-L-I-M-A-C-T-E-R-I-C. Climacteric is a noun that means a major turning point. The word...
Ruction - #461
24 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s word of the day is ruction, R-U-C-T-I-O-N. Ruction is a noun that means a disturbance. The precise origin of ruction is unclear. It se...
Doughty - #460
23 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s word of the day is doughty. It’s spelled D-O-U-G-H-T-Y. Doughty is an adjective that means valiant. A word of Old English derivation...
Perpend - #459
22 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s word of the day is perpend, P-E-R-P-E-N-D. Perpend is a verb that means to ponder. The Latin word word perpendere (Per PEN dare ay), w...
Megrim - #456
21 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s word of the day is megrim. It’s spelled M-E-G-R-I-M. Megrim is a noun that means dizziness or vertigo. Although it’s often used as...
Marginalia - #457
20 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s word of the day is marginalia, M-A-R-G-I-N-A-L-I-A. Marginalia is a noun that means nonessential items. You probably recognize the word mar...
Pelf - #456
19 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s word of the day is pelf. It’s spelled P-E-L-F. Pelf is a noun that means money or riches. Pelf is derived from the Anglo-French word pelf...
Perspicacious - #455
18 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s word of the day is perspicacious, P-E-R-S-P-I-C-A-C-I-O-U-S. Perspicacious is an adjective that means keen or of acute mental vision. The ...
Homiletic -#454
18 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s word of the day is homiletic. It’s spelled H-O-M-I-E-T-I-C. Homiletic is an adjective that means related to preaching. Our word of the da...
Predial - #453
16 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s word of the day is predial, P-R-E-D-I-A-L. Predial is an adjective that means related to land or its products. Derived from the Latin word...
Cassandra - #452
15 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s word of the day us Cassandra. It’s spelled C-A-S-S-A-N-D-R-A. Cassandra means one who predicts misfortune. Understanding the origin of th...
Harbinger - #451
15 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s word of the day is harbinger, H-A-R-B-I-N-G-E-R. Harbinger is a noun that means one that foreshadows what is about to come. In Medieval En...
Unctuous - #450
13 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s word of the day is unctuous. It’s spelled U-N-C-T-U-O-U-S. Unctuous is an adjective that means insincerely smooth. The Latin word for ano...
Tutelage - #449
12 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s word of the day is tutelage, T-U-T-E-L-A-G-E. Tutelage is a noun that means guiding influence. The Latin word tueri (too AIR ee) means to g...
Bathetic - #448
11 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s word of the day is bathetic. It’s spelled B-A-T-H-E-T-I-C. Bathetic means trite or sentimental. Loosely connected to the similar sounding...
Deportment - #424
19 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today's word of the day is deportment. It's spelled D-E-P-O-R-T-M-E-N-T. Deportment is a noun that means behavior; the way one conducts oneself. The ...
Blithesome - #423
18 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today's word of the day is blithesome, B-L-I-T-H-E-S-O-M-E. Blithesome is an adjective that means cheerful and happy. A combination of the Old Englis...
Nimiety - #411
08 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today's word of the day is nimiety. It's spelled N-I-M-I-E-T-Y. Nimiety is a noun that means an excess or redundancy (of something). The Latin word f...
Allegiant - #285
01 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s word of the day is allegiant. Allegiant is an adjective that means faithful or loyal. It’s spelled A-L-L-E-G-I-A-N-T. Fred is an allegian...
Wamfle
09 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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