Month: November 2019
Word of the Day: Crepuscular
Crepuscular is a really interesting sounding word. It sounds like it should be related to shell fish or human musculature or something like that. But this word, the New York […]
Word of the Day: Officious
The Mirriam-Webster Word of the Day is officious, which means “volunteering one’s services where they are neither asked nor needed” or “meddlesome.” Mirriam-Webster provides a second definition, “informal, unofficial,” but […]
Word of the Day: Chutzpah
Chutzpah (or chutzpa) [hƱt spǝ] means “unmitigated effrontery or impudence; gall” or “audacity, nerve.” According to etymonline.com, the word enters the language in 1892 “from Yiddish khutspe “impudence, gall,” from […]
Word of the Day: Gambit
Mirriam-Webster’s Word of the Day today is gambit, which originally is a term in chess. Mirriam-Webster says, “In 1656, a chess handbook was published that was said to have almost […]
Word of the Day: Protean
The adjective protean (pronounced pro-ti-ǝn) means “readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable,” or “changeable in shape or form, as an amoeba,” according to www.dictionary.com. It can also mean […]
“Oh, yeah, God’s here!”: A Conversation with Charissa Fryberger
In this conversation, Fryberger discusses the books that make her want to write, her process of reading scripture and how it informs her writing, the origin of her book’s title and some of the collection’s stories, and some basic writing tips.
Word of the Day: Potentate
The word today is potentate, which means “a person who possesses great power, as a sovereign, monarch, or ruler.” According to www.etymonline.com, it enters the language “c. 1400, from Old […]
Word of the Day: Aphorism
Word of the Day: Aphorism An aphorism is, according to Mirriam-Webster, “a concise statement of a principle; a terse formulation of a truth or sentiment” or “an ingeniously terse style […]
Word of the Day: Measure
Measure: this is one of those interesting words in English that is both a noun and a verb. I am pretty sure that today we use it more often as […]