Category: Word of the Day
Word of the Day: Love
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Ambrose Bierce’s The Devil’s Dictionary (Walter Neale, 1911), is love. The website www.etymonline.com has three paragraphs on the word: “Old English lufu ‘feeling of love; […]
Word of the Day: Gimcrack
Today’s word of the day, thanks to A Dictionary of the Language of Shakespeare by Swynfen Jervis (John Russell Smith, 1868, p. 143) is gimcrack. A gimcrack is, according to […]
Word of the Day: Advice
Today’s word of the day, thanks to the Foolish Dictionary by Gideon Wurdz, is advice. Advice is a noun which, according to www.dictionary.com, means 1. “an opinion or recommendation offered […]
Word of the Day: Affable
Today’s word of the day, thanks to The Worth of Words by Dr. Ralcy Husted Bell (Grafton Press, 1902), is affable. According to www.dictionary.com, affable means “pleasantly easy to approach […]
Word of the Day: Gallimaufry
Today’s word of the day is gallimaufry, a noun meaning “a hodgepodge; jumble; confused medley,” or “a ragout or hash,” according to www.dictionary.com. According to www.etymonline.com, the word first appeared […]
Word of the Day: Valediction
Today’s word of the day, thanks to WordGenius.com, is valediction, a noun that means “The action of saying farewell,” or “The word or phrase used to close out a letter […]
Word of the Day: Chevalier
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Anu Garg’s A.Word.A.Day at the WordGenious website, is chevalier, which is a noun that means “A chivalrous man, one having qualities of courtesy, […]
Word of the Day: Bifurcate
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of WordThink.com, is bifurcate, a verb that means to “Divide into two branches or forks.” According to www.etymonline.com, the word entered the English language […]
Word of the Day: Pernicious
Pernicious: Word of the Day Today’s word of the day, thanks to www.wordthink.com, is pernicious. It is an adjective meaning “Having a harmful effect, particularly in a gradual or subtle […]
Word of the Day: Delinquent
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of the website Number2.com, is delinquent, an adjective meaning “failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense,” […]
Word of the Day: Infinitesimal
Infinitesimal: Word of the Day Today’s word of the day, thanks to www.wordgenius.com, is infinitesimal, an adjective meaning “1. extremely small” or “2. too small to be measured.” According to […]
Word of the Day: Invigilate
Today’s word of the day, thanks to the joint BBC and BBC America television series Ripper Street, is invigilate. Invigilate is an intransitive verb (so it does not take a […]