Category: Word of the Day
Daily posts of an individual word study
Word of the Day: Facility
Today’s word of the day, thanks to the Brittanica Dictionary, is facility. Facility is a noun which means “readiness or ease due to skill, aptitude, or practice,” or “ready compliance” […]
Word of the Day: Vain
The word of the day today, thanks to the Brittanica Dictionary, is vain. Vain is an adjective with several possible meanings: “excessively proud of or concerned about one’s own appearance, […]
Word of the Day: Malleable
Today’s word of the day, thanks to the Brittanica Dictionary, is malleable. Malleable is an adjective that means “capable of being stretched or bent into different shapes” or “capable of […]
Word of the Day: Pedantic
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Merriam-Webster, is pedantic. M-W’s dictionary website says, “Pedantic describes someone or something that exhibits the characteristics of a pedant—that is, a person who […]
Word of the Day: Mendicity
Today’s word of the day, thanks to the Dictionary Project, is mendicity, which looks an awful lot like yesterday’s word of the day but isn’t. Mendicity is a noun that […]
Word of the Day: Mendacity
Today’s word of the day, thanks to the Dictionary Project, is mendacity. Mendacity is a noun which means “the quality of being mendacious; untruthfulness; tendency to lie” or “an instance […]
Word of the Day: Mirth
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of the Dictionary Project, is mirth. Mirth is a noun that means “merriment, laughter, glee,” according to the project’s email. Dictionary.com provides “gaiety or […]
Word of the Day: Proximity
Today’s word of the day, thanks to the Britannica Dictionary, is proximity. Proximity is a noun that means “the state of being near” (https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/eb/word-of-the-day). A broader definition says, “nearness in […]
Word of the Day: Enmity
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of the Word Guru’s daily email, is enmity. Enmity is a noun which means “a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; […]
Word of the Day: Figurant
Today’s word of the day, on this St. Patrick’s Day, courtesy of the Oxford English Dictionary, is figurant. Figurant, or figurante, is a noun that refers to “A ballet dancer […]
Word of the Day: Querulous
Today’s word of the day is querulous, which can be pronounced either /ˈkwɛr ə ləs/ or /ˈkwɛr yə ləs/, though honestly I would pronounce it the second way, with the […]
Word of the Day: Day
Today’s word of the day, thanks to www.etymonline.com, is day. This noun can mean a wide variety of similar but different things. It can mean “the interval of light between […]