Month: April 2020
Word of the Day: Diplomacy
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Ambrose Bierce’s The Devil’s Dictionary, is the noun diplomacy. Diplomacy means, “1. the conduct by government officials of negotiations and other relations between […]
Word of the Day: Love
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Ambrose Bierce’s The Devil’s Dictionary (Walter Neale, 1911), is love. The website www.etymonline.com has three paragraphs on the word: “Old English lufu ‘feeling of love; […]
Word of the Day: Gimcrack
Today’s word of the day, thanks to A Dictionary of the Language of Shakespeare by Swynfen Jervis (John Russell Smith, 1868, p. 143) is gimcrack. A gimcrack is, according to […]
Word of the Day: Advice
Today’s word of the day, thanks to the Foolish Dictionary by Gideon Wurdz, is advice. Advice is a noun which, according to www.dictionary.com, means 1. “an opinion or recommendation offered […]
Word of the Day: Affable
Today’s word of the day, thanks to The Worth of Words by Dr. Ralcy Husted Bell (Grafton Press, 1902), is affable. According to www.dictionary.com, affable means “pleasantly easy to approach […]
Word of the Day: Gallimaufry
Today’s word of the day is gallimaufry, a noun meaning “a hodgepodge; jumble; confused medley,” or “a ragout or hash,” according to www.dictionary.com. According to www.etymonline.com, the word first appeared […]