Tag: dictionary
Word of the Day: Oscillate
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Words Coach (https://www.wordscoach.com/dictionary), is oscillate. Pronounced / ˈɒs əˌleɪt /, with a secondary stress on the third syllable, oscillate means “to swing or […]
Word of the Day: Laconic
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Words Coach (https://www.wordscoach.com/dictionary), is laconic. Pronounced / ləˈkɒn ɪk /, with the stress on the second syllable, laconic is an adjective that means […]
Word of the Day: Piebald
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Words Coach (https://www.wordscoach.com/dictionary), is piebald. Pronounced / ˈpaɪˌbɔld /, just as it’s spelled, the adjective means “having patches of black and white or […]
Word of the Day: Farraginous
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Words Coach (https://www.wordscoach.com/dictionary), is farraginous. Pronounced / fəˈrædʒ ə nəs /, with the stress on the second syllable, farraginous is an adjective meaning […]
Word of the Day: Kaleidoscope
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Word Guru, is kaleidoscope. Pronounced / kəˈlaɪ dəˌskoʊp /, the noun refers to “an optical instrument in which bits of glass, held loosely […]
Word of the Day: Myrmidon
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Words Coach (https://www.wordscoach.com/dictionary), is myrmidon. Pronounced / ˈmɜr mɪˌdɒn / or / ˈmɜr mɪˌdn /, myrmidon is a noun that means “a person […]
Word of the Day: Mansuetude
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of the Words Coach (https://www.wordscoach.com/dictionary), is mansuetude. Pronounced / ˈmæn swɪˌtud, / or / ˈmæn swɪˌtyud / (personally, given that the last syllable opens […]
Word of the Day: Irascible
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of the Word Guru daily email, is irascible. According to Dictionary.com, it is pronounced / ɪˈræs ə bəl / (https://www.dictionary.com/browse/irascible), but I think I […]
Word of the Day: Scapegoat
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of the Dictionary Project (https://www.dictionaryproject.org/), is scapegoat. Pronounced / ˈskeɪpˌgoʊt /, scapegoat is a compound noun, as is evidenced by the fact that the […]
Word of the Day: Aberration
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Words Coach (https://www.wordscoach.com/dictionary) is aberration. Pronounced / ˌæb əˈreɪ ʃən /, the word is a noun that means “the act of departing from […]
Word of the Day: Farce
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of the Dictionary Project (https://www.dictionaryproject.org/), is farce. Farce, pronounced / fɑrs /, is a noun that means “a light, humorous play in which the […]
Word of the Day: Imprimatur
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Words Coach (https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=imprimatur), is imprimatur. Pronounced / ˌɪm prɪˈmɑ tər / with the stress on the third syllable and the vowel like the […]