Category: Word of the Day
Daily posts of an individual word study
Word of the Day: Footle
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Words Coach (https://www.wordscoach.com/dictionary), is footle. Now, I have to admit right off that until I looked at the Words Coach website, I had […]
Word of the Day: Calumny
Today’s word of the day, thanks to the Words Coach (https://www.wordscoach.com/dictionary), is calumny. Calumny, pronounced / ˈkæl əm ni /,is a noun that means “a false and malicious statement designed […]
Word of the Day: Dexterous
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Words Coach (https://www.wordscoach.com/dictionary), is dexterous. Dexterous is an adjective that means “mentally adroit and skillful” or “done with mental or physical skill, quickness, […]
Word of the Day: Mountebank
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Words Coach (https://www.wordscoach.com/dictionary), is mountebank. In his famous dictionary first published in 1755, Samuel Johnson says that a mountebank is “A doctor that […]
Word of the Day: Nondescript
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Words Coach (https://www.wordscoach.com/dictionary), is nondescript. Nondescript is an adjective meaning “of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind” or “undistinguished or uninteresting; […]
Word of the Day: Longueurs
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Words Coach (https://www.wordscoach.com/dictionary), is longueur. Longueur is a noun, pronounced /lɔŋˈgɜr, lɒŋ-/, that means “a long and boring passage in a literary work, […]
Word of the Day: Euphemism
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Words Coach (https://www.wordscoach.com/dictionary), is euphemism. Euphemism is a noun that means “the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought […]
Word of the Day: Ostensible
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Words Coach (https://www.wordscoach.com/dictionary/ostensible), is ostensible. Ostensible is an adjective that means “intended for display, open to view” or more commonly “being such in […]
Word of the Day: Ensorcell
Today’s word of the day, again thanks to Words Coach (https://www.wordscoach.com/dictionary), is ensorcell. Ensorcell is a verb that means “to bewitch” (https://www.dictionary.com/browse/ensorcell). According to Etymonline.com, the word appears in English […]
Word of the Day: Panjandrum
Today’s word of the day, thanks to the Words Coach website (https://www.wordscoach.com/dictionary), is panjandrum. Panjandrum is a noun that describes “a self-important or pretentious official” (https://www.dictionary.com/browse/panjandrum). Merriam-Webster says, “Panjandrum looks like […]
Word of the Day: Disputatious
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Words Coach (https://www.wordscoach.com/dictionary), is disputatious. Disputatious is an adjective that means “inclined to dispute” or “marked by disputation” or “provoking debate” (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disputatious). M-W […]
Word of the Day: Amalgamate
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Words Coach (https://www.wordscoach.com/dictionary), is amalgamate. Amalgamate is a verb meaning “to unite in or as if in an amalgam, especially: to merge into […]