Category: Word of the Day
Daily posts of an individual word study
Word of the Day: Futilitarian
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Merriam-Webster, though indirectly, is futilitarian. Futilitarian can be either an adjective or a noun (though as a noun it may be considered a […]
Word of the Day: Carl
Today’s word of the day is carl. According to www.dictionary.com, a carl is a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer; a miser or an extremely thrifty person. It […]
Word of the Day: Panegyric
Word of the Day: Panegyric Today’s word of the day, courtesy of www.wordgenius.com, is panegyric. A panegyric, according to the website, is a public speech or published text in praise […]
Word of the Day: Vapid
Today’s word of the day comes to us from www.dictionary.com, and it is vapid. No, the word vapid is not itself vapid, even though that is what it describes. Well, […]
Word of the Day: Blarney
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of the website wordgenius.com, is blarney. The noun means, according to the website, “Talk that aims to charm, pleasantly flatter, or persuade” or “Amusing […]
Word of the Day: Garboil
Today’s word of the day, thanks to the Oxford English Dictionary, is garboil. I should warn you up front that www.dictionary.com labels the word, which is a noun meaning “confusion,” […]
Word of the Day: Finagle
Today’s word of the day, thanks to www.dictionary.com, is finagle. It’s a verb meaning “to get or achieve (something) by guile, trickery, or manipulation.” According to www.etymonline.com, the verb means […]
Word of the Day: Aeolian
Today’s Word of the Day, courtesy of www.dictionary.com, is aeolian, an adjective meaning “pertaining to Aeolus, or to the winds in general,” or “(usually lowercase) of or caused by the wind; wind-blown.” […]
Word of the Day: Incredulous
Today’s Word of the Day, courtesy of www.wordthink.com’s word of the day, is incredulous. Believe it or not, the adjective does not mean the same thing as incredible, which means […]
Word of the Day: Hapless
Today’s Word of the Day, courtesy of WordSmith.org, is hapless, an adjective meaning “unfortunate,” according to Anu Garg at A.Word.a.Day. He says that the etymology is “from Old Norse happ […]
Word of the Day: Pragmatic
Today’s Word of the Day, thanks to WordThink.com, is pragmatic. Pragmatic is an adjective that means “More concerned with practical results than with theories and principles.” According to www.dictionary.com, it […]
Word of the Day: Saturnine
Today’s Word of the Day, courtesy of the Oxford English Dictionary’s Online Word of the Day, is the adjective saturnine. The OED’s definition is long: “In regard to a person’s […]