Author: Paul Schleifer
Word of the Day: Gloaming
Today’s Word of the Day, courtesy of Webster’s, is gloaming. Gloaming is a noun that means twilight or dusk. Webster’s describes it as a literary term referring to the darker […]
Word of the Day: Sandbag
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Webster’s Dictionary, is sandbag. I’m going to skip the formal definitions, which you can probably figure out, and just right to the informal […]
Word of the Day: Quiddity
Today’s Word of the Day is quiddity, a word that means “the quality that makes a thing what it is; the essential nature of a thing; a trifling nicety of […]
Word of the Day: Luminary
Today’s word of the day, thanks to the New York Times, is luminary. Luminary, according to dictionary.com, is a noun that means It can also be used as an adjective […]
Word of the Day: Temerity
Today’s word of the day is temerity, which means rash boldness or recklessness. According to etymonline.com, the word entered the language in the late fourteenth century “from Latin temeritatem (nominative […]
Word of the Day: Promulgate
Todays’ word of the day is promulgate, thanks to the New York Times. To promulgate is “to make known by public statement or announcement” or “to put a law into […]
Word of the Day: Arbitrate
Today’s word is arbitrate, courtesy of the NY Times, and it means “to settle a dispute between parties with the goal of reconciling differences.” According to etymonline.com, the word first […]
Word of the Day: Augur
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Merriam-Webster, is augur. The verb means to “show or suggest, especially from omens, that something might happen in the future” (https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day). It is […]
A New CIFC Title
This is an announcement about a new title published under the imprimatur of the Carolina Institute for Faith and Culture. It’s a YA novel, and it’s available now on Amazon […]
Word of the Day: Clue
Today’s word of the day comes courtesy of The History of English Podcast by Kevin Stroud (https://historyofenglishpodcast.com/). Mr. Stroud began his podcast in June of 2012, and it has continued […]
Word of the Day: Principal
Today’s Word of the Day is principal. The word can be either an adjective or a noun. As an adjective, it means “first or highest in rank, importance, value, etc.; […]
Word of the Day: Unctuous
Today’s word of the day is unctuous. The adjective has three possible meanings: 1. characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, especially in an affected manner; excessively smooth, suave, or […]