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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 […]

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Supercilious

Today’s word of the day, thanks to dictionary.com, is supercilious, an adjective that means “haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.” According to www.etymonline.com, the word […]

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Word of the Day: Trumpery

Today’s word of the day, thanks to Wordsmith (“a worldwide online community of people who share a love for words, wordplay, language, and literature . . . founded in 1994 […]

October 20, 2020October 20, 2020 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Futilitarian

Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Merriam-Webster, though indirectly, is futilitarian. Futilitarian can be either an adjective or a noun (though as a noun it may be considered a […]

October 16, 2020October 16, 2020 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Blarney

Today’s word of the day, courtesy of the website wordgenius.com, is blarney. The noun means, according to the website, “Talk that aims to charm, pleasantly flatter, or persuade” or “Amusing […]

October 3, 2020October 3, 2020 Paul Schleifer Editors

Word of the Day: Pragmatic

Today’s Word of the Day, thanks to WordThink.com, is pragmatic. Pragmatic is an adjective that means “More concerned with practical results than with theories and principles.” According to www.dictionary.com, it […]

April 27, 2020April 28, 2020 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

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 […]

March 10, 2020March 11, 2020 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Palinode

Today’s word of the day, thanks to Glossographia Anglicana Nova, or a Dictionary Interpreting Hard Words of whatever language, as are at Present used in the English Tongue, with their […]

February 17, 2020February 18, 2020 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day
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