Tag: dictionary
Word of the Day: Chimerical
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Word Coach (https://www.wordscoach.com/dictionary) is chimerical. Pronounced / kɪˈmɛr ɪ kəl, / or / kɪˈmɪər ɪ kəl / or / kaɪˈmɛr ɪ kəl /, […]
Word of the Day: Malarkey
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Words Coach (https://www.wordscoach.com/dictionary), is malarkey. Pronounced / məˈlɑr ki /, with the stress on the second syllable, the noun means “speech or writing […]
Word of the Day: Labile
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of the Word Guru, is labile. Pronounced / ˈleɪ baɪl / or / ˈleɪ bəl /, this adjective means “apt or likely to change” […]
Word of the Day: Dither
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Words Coach (https://www.wordscoach.com/dictionary) is dither. It’s pronounced / ˈdɪð ər /, and it means “a trembling; vibration” or “a state of flustered excitement […]
Word of the Day: Conspicuous
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Words Coach (https://www.wordscoach.com/dictionary), is conspicuous. Pronounced / kənˈspɪk yu əs /, the adjective means “easily seen or noticed; readily visible or observable” or […]
Word of the Day: Venerable
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Words Coach (https://www.wordscoach.com/dictionary), is venerable. Pronounced / ˈvɛn ər ə bəl /, this adjective means “commanding respect because of great age or impressive […]
Word of the Day: Prodigious
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Words Coach (https://www.wordscoach.com/dictionary), is prodigious. Dictionary.com says it is pronounced / prəˈdɪdʒ əs / (https://www.dictionary.com/browse/prodigious), though I think I have heard it pronounced […]
Word of the Day: Sui Generis
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Merriam-Webster (https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day), is sui generis, although it looks more like it should be words of the day or perhaps phrase of the day. […]
Word of the Day: Beguile
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of the Word Guru daily email, is beguile. Pronounced / bɪˈgaɪl /, this verb means “to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude,” “to […]
Word of the Day: Adumbrate
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Word Guru’s daily email, is adumbrate. Dictionary.com offers two possible pronunciations, / æˈdʌm breɪt, / and / ˈæd əmˌbreɪt /, with the stress […]
Word of the Day: Appraise
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Vocabulary.com’s Word of the Day (https://www.vocabulary.com/word-of-the-day/), is appraisal. Pronounced / əˈpreɪ zəl /, the noun, derived from the verb appraise, means “the act […]
Word of the Day: Flagrant
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of the Word Guru daily email, is flagrant. Pronounced / ˈfleɪ grənt /, it is an adjective that means “shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; […]