Author: Paul Schleifer
Word of the Day: Dereliction
Today’s word of the day is dereliction. Dereliction is a noun that means “deliberate or conscious neglect; negligence; delinquency,” “the act of abandoning something,” “the state of being abandoned” (https://www.dictionary.com/browse/dereliction). […]
Word of the Day: Coddle
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of the Word Guru, is coddle. This verb means “to treat with excessive indulgence or care, often in an overprotective or pampering manner.” Dictionary.com […]
Word of the Day: Accede
Today’s word of the day, thanks to The Dictionary Project is accede. Accede is a verb that means “to give one’s consent, often yielding to another’s demands; to assent; to […]
Word of the Day: Weltanschauung
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Merriam-Webster, is Weltanschauung. It is pronounced /ˈvɛltˌɑnˌʃaʊ ʊŋ/ (that is the International Phonetic Alphabet, and you can learn more about it at https://www.internationalphoneticalphabet.org/) […]
Word of the Day: Latent
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of the Word Guru, is latent. Latent is an adjective that means “present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential but not […]
Word of the Day: Plagiarism
Today’s word of the day, thanks to The Dictionary Project, is plagiarism. Plagiarism is a noun that refers to “the act of using another person’s work (words, ideas, passages, etc.) […]
Word of the Day: Inconspicuous
Today’s word of the day, thanks to the NY Times, is inconspicuous, an adjective that means “not conspicuous, noticeable, or prominent” (https://www.dictionary.com/browse/inconspicuous). Yeah. Another one of those circular definitions. So […]
Word of the Day: Tergiversate
Today’s word of the day, thanks to the Word Guru, is tergiversate [tuhr-JIV-uhr-sayt, TUHR-juh-vuhr-sayt; the “j” indicates that the g is pronounced softly, as in gel rather than as in […]
Word of the Day: Connive
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Merriam-Webster, is connive. Connive is a verb that means “to secretly help someone do something dishonest or illegal” (https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day). Dictionary.com gives these definitions: […]
Word of the Day: Bellwether
Today’s word of the day is bellwether, thanks to Dictionary.com. Bellwether is a noun that means “a person or thing that shows the existence or direction of a trend” (https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/). […]
Word of the Day: Forsaken
Today’s word of the day is forsaken. Forsaken is the past participle of the verb to forsake, and thus it can be part of a verb phrase or used adjectivally. […]
Word of the Day: Idiopathic
Today’s word of the day, to continue the very brief medical-term trend, is idiopathic. It is one of my all-time favorite words. Idiopathic means “of unknown cause, as a disease” […]