Author: Paul Schleifer
Word of the Day Angel
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of the Old English Wordhord, is angel, though on the Wordhord website it is actually engel. An angel is, of course, a spiritual being, […]
Word of the Day: Gargoyles
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Merriam-Webster, is gargoyle. A gargoyle is “a strange or grotesque human or animal figure that sticks out from the roof of a building […]
Word of the Day: Kvetch
Today’s word of the day, thanks to the New York Times, is kvetch. Kvetch can be either a noun or a verb. As a verb, it means to “express complaints, […]
Word of the Day: Conundrum
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of the Dictionary Project, is conundrum, a noun which means “a riddle, with an answer that is a pun or play on words” or […]
Word of the Day: Tenacious
Today’s word of the day, thanks to The Dictionary Project’s daily newsletter, is tenacious. It is an adjective with several meanings that depend, partly, on whether it is modifying a […]
Word of the Day: Wood
Today’s word of the day, thanks, partly, to the Old English Wordhord (https://oldenglishwordhord.com/2024/01/08/wodheortness/), is wood. But I’m not thinking of the wood that you are probably thinking of. This is […]
Word of the Day: Benignant
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of the Word Guru daily email, is benignant. The adjective, in which the “g” is pronounced as a hard “g” (/bɪˈnɪg nənt/), means “kind, […]
Word of the Day Crevice
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of The Brittanica Dictionary, is crevice. A crevice is “a narrow opening or crack in a hard surface and especially in rock” (https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/eb/word-of-the-day). Dictionary.com […]
Word of the Day Debacle
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of The Dictionary Project, is debacle (/di ˈbɑ kəl/ or deɪ- or də- or – -ˈbæk əl/, showing the different acceptable pronunciations). A debacle […]
Word of the Day Piper
Today’s word of the day, again thanks to the Old English Wordhord website, is piper. A piper is someone who plays a pipe. The Old English is pipere (/ˈpiː-pɛ-rə/ or […]
Word of the Day Deor
Today’s word of the day, thanks to the Old English Wordhord website, (https://oldenglishwordhord.com/), is deor, an Old English (or Anglo-Saxon) noun meaning “an animal.” According to www.etymonline.com, deor came “from […]
Word of the Day: Psychopathy
Today’s Word of the Day is psychopathy, a noun that means “a mental disorder in which an individual manifests amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish […]