Author: Paul Schleifer
Word of the Day: Augur
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Merriam-Webster, is augur. The verb means to “show or suggest, especially from omens, that something might happen in the future” (https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day). It is […]
A New CIFC Title
This is an announcement about a new title published under the imprimatur of the Carolina Institute for Faith and Culture. It’s a YA novel, and it’s available now on Amazon […]
Word of the Day: Clue
Today’s word of the day comes courtesy of The History of English Podcast by Kevin Stroud (https://historyofenglishpodcast.com/). Mr. Stroud began his podcast in June of 2012, and it has continued […]
Word of the Day: Principal
Today’s Word of the Day is principal. The word can be either an adjective or a noun. As an adjective, it means “first or highest in rank, importance, value, etc.; […]
Word of the Day: Unctuous
Today’s word of the day is unctuous. The adjective has three possible meanings: 1. characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, especially in an affected manner; excessively smooth, suave, or […]
Word of the Day: Ham-handed
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of A.Word.A.Day at the Wordsmith.org website, is ham-handed, an adjective that means “clumsy; tactless; lacking social grace” (https://wordsmith.org/words/today.html). According to the website, the earliest […]
Word of the Day: Cassandra
Today’s word of the day comes courtesy of the Merriam-Webster dictionary website, and it is, I think, the first time that I have gone with a proper noun (a name) […]
Word of the Day: Repine
Today’s word of the day, thanks to the Merriam-Webster dictionary website, is repine, a verb meaning “to feel or express dejection or discontent” or “to long for something” (https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day). According […]
Word of the Day: Reciprocal
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of WordThink, is reciprocal (http://www.wordthink.com/reciprocal/), an adjective meaning “Done or performed in return.” I should give the people at WordThink some props since I […]
Word of the Day: Noodge
Today’s word of the day, thanks to the Oxford English Dictionary, is noodge. If you look up the word on www.dictionary.com, you will learn that it is just a variant […]
Word of the Day: Supercilious
Today’s word of the day, thanks to dictionary.com, is supercilious, an adjective that means “haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.” According to www.etymonline.com, the word […]
Word of the Day: Trumpery
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Wordsmith (“a worldwide online community of people who share a love for words, wordplay, language, and literature . . . founded in 1994 […]