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Month: May 2018

Word of the Day: Swank

Paul Schleifer Swank, to English speakers in the US, means “fancy, elegant and showy.” In the UK, swank can also be a verb “to display one’s wealth, knowledge, or achievements […]

May 30, 2018May 31, 2018 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Taciturn

Paul Schleifer According to the OED, taciturn means “Characterized by silence or disinclination to conversation; reserved in speech; saying little; uncommunicative.” The first recorded use is from the Tobias Smollett […]

May 25, 2018May 26, 2018 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Evanescent

Paul Schleifer According to the OED, evanescent is an adjective describing something “That is on the point of vanishing or becoming imperceptible” or something “That quickly vanishes or passes away; […]

May 22, 2018May 23, 2018 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

“Introduction to the Defendant”—Analysis of G.K. Chesterton’s Essay

Amanda Platz G.K. Chesterton argues that mankind has a growing tendency to devalue what is truly good in the world, and instead favor the things man thinks are ‘better’ than […]

May 22, 2018May 22, 2018 Amanda Platz Bibliophilist Society, Classic Books and Ideas, Commentary

Word of the Day: Adultescent

Paul Schleifer This is a new one for me. In fact, it is so new that it draws the red squiggly line under it in MicroSoft Word. Adultescent refers to […]

May 21, 2018 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Royal

Paul Schleifer Royal is an adjective that means “of or related to a king, queen, or other sovereign.” There are also noun forms of royal, but the chief one, royals, […]

May 19, 2018 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Egress

Paul Schleifer The noun egress means three different but similar things: “the act of going out,” “the place where one goes out,” or “the right to go out.” There is […]

May 18, 2018 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Joseph Pearce visits the Carolina Institute for Faith and Culture

CIFC Staff Not long ago, writer and lecturer Joseph Pearce visited the editorial room of the Freedom’s Hill Primer website to discuss G.K. Chesterton with us. Pearce offered his insight […]

May 17, 2018May 17, 2018 Kierra Gilbert Bibliophilist Society, Classic Books and Ideas, Commentary, Editors

Word of the Day: Facile

Paul Schleifer Facile is primarily an adjective, but it has a variety of meanings, in part depending upon the type of noun that it is modifying. The OED lists its […]

May 17, 2018 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Ameliorate

Paul Schleifer Ameliorate means “to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve (www.dictionary.com). It can be used as a transitive (takes an object: The mediator could not […]

May 16, 2018 Paul Schleifer Editors, Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Babble

Paul Schleifer Babble is a flexible word. As a verb, it can be intransitive (used without an object) or transitive (used with an object). It means “to utter sounds or […]

May 15, 2018May 16, 2018 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Histrionic

Paul Schleifer Histrionic without a final –s is an adjective that means “overly dramatic.” If you add a final –s, you turn it into a noun meaning “melodramatic behavior designed […]

May 12, 2018May 16, 2018 Paul Schleifer Editors

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