Category: Word of the Day
Daily posts of an individual word study
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 […]
Word of the Day: Incipient
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Merriam-Webster, is incipient. It is an adjective meaning “beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage” (https://www.dictionary.com/browse/incipient). I chose it because it […]