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Month: January 2020

Word of the Day: Incessant

Today’s word of the day comes courtesy of www.wordthink.com, and it is the adjective incessant. According to WordThink, incessant means “Continuing without pause or interruption.” Dictionary.com adds “ceaseless; unending.” This […]

January 13, 2020January 14, 2020 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Weal

Today’s word of the day, from the Mirriam-Webster dictionary website, is weal. By itself, it is pretty much an obsolete word, but we might have heard it in the expression […]

January 12, 2020January 13, 2020 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Malapropism

Today’s word of the day, courtesy of WordGenius, is malapropism. The website defines it as “The practice of unintentionally using the wrong word or phrase, usually to humorous effect.” Dictionary.com […]

January 11, 2020January 11, 2020 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Uxorious

Today’s word of the day, according to www.wordgenius.com, is uxorious. The word is an adjective which means “Excessively affectionate toward one’s wife.” Another definition is “doting upon, foolishly fond of, […]

January 10, 2020January 11, 2020 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Superannuated

Today’s word of the day comes courtesy of Word Genius, and it is the adjective superannuated (actually, it was their word of the day yesterday, but I was not feeling […]

January 9, 2020January 9, 2020 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Exemplum

Today’s word of the day, thanks to wordsmith.org’s “A.Word.A.Day,” is exemplum, a noun that means 1. “An example or model” or 2. “An anecdote used to illustrate a moral truth […]

January 7, 2020January 8, 2020 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Inveterate

Today’s word of the day comes to us via Number2.com, a website dedicated to providing free test preparation for students planning to take the ACT or GRE. The word is […]

January 6, 2020January 7, 2020 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Svengali

Today’s word of the day, thanks to Word Genius, is Svengali. It’s a noun meaning “A manipulative person with sinister motives” or “Someone attempting to dominate another to do their […]

January 5, 2020January 6, 2020 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Equivocal

Today’s word of the day, courtesy of http://www.wordthink.com/, is equivocal, an adjective that means “Open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous. Uncertain or questionable in nature.” Dictionary.com provides three definitions: […]

January 4, 2020January 5, 2020 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Saturnine

Today’s word of the day, thanks to https://www.synonyms.com/wotd.php, is saturnine. It’s an adjective that means “sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn,” “suffering from lead poisoning, as a person,” or “due to […]

January 3, 2020January 4, 2020 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Psychohistory

Today’s word of the day, thanks to the Oxford English Dictionary, is psychohistory. Psychohistory is a noun that means “history or the writing of history employing the techniques of psychoanalysis […]

January 2, 2020January 3, 2020 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

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