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Month: December 2019

Word of the Day: Lugubrious

Today’s word of the day is lugubrious, an adjective meaning 1. “sad or gloomy” or 2. “exaggeratedly mournful,” according to Word Genius (https://www.wordgenius.com/). Dictionary.com defines it as “mournful, dismal, or […]

December 30, 2019December 30, 2019 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Aphorism

The word of the day for today is aphorism, a noun which means “a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation” (https://www.dictionary.com/browse/aphorism?s=t). It’s interesting to me that the […]

December 28, 2019December 29, 2019 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Virulent

Today’s word of the day, courtesy of WordThink, is virulent, an adjective which means, according to the website, “Extremely severe or harmful in its effects. Bitterly hostile or antagonistic; hateful” […]

December 28, 2019December 28, 2019 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Ephemeral

The word of the day for today is ephemeral. Ephemeral, according to www.dictionary.com, can be used as an adjective or as a noun. As an adjective, it can mean 1. […]

December 26, 2019December 26, 2019 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Luminary

Today’s word of the day is luminary. Luminary can be either a noun or an adjective. As a noun, it actually has three meanings: 1. “a celestial body, as the […]

December 25, 2019December 25, 2019 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Panacea

Thanks to WordGenius.com for today’s word of the day, panacea. The website gives two definitions for panacea: 1. “A mythical remedy for all illness and disease,” and 2. “A solution […]

December 24, 2019December 24, 2019 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Surreal

The word of the day is courtesy of WordThink.com: surreal. Surreal is an adjective that means “Having the disorienting quality of a dream; unreal; fantastic” (http://www.wordthink.com/). According to www.dictionary.com, it […]

December 23, 2019December 23, 2019 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Halcyon

Today’s word of the day, courtesy of the Oxford English Dictionary, is halcyon. If you have ever heard this word in conversation or seen this word in print, you probably […]

December 21, 2019December 21, 2019 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Censor

Today’s word of the day is censor. It is one of those English words that can be used as a noun or as a verb. As a noun, it refers […]

December 20, 2019December 20, 2019 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Cyberpunk

Today’s word of the day, courtesy of the Oxford English Dictionary, is cyberpunk. According to the OED, cyberpunk is a “subgenre of science fiction typified by a bleak, high-tech setting […]

December 19, 2019December 19, 2019 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Hubris

Today’s word of the day is hubris (/ ˈhyu brɪs, ˈhu- /–the ˈhu- indicates an acceptable alternative pronunciation; it is not uncommon in English for a word to have more than […]

December 17, 2019December 17, 2019 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Homily

Today’s word of the day comes from the Wordsmith website, https://wordsmith.org/words/homily.html. The word is homily. It’s pronounced / ˈhɒm ə li /. Notice that the first syllable is stressed, the second syllable […]

December 17, 2019December 17, 2019 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

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