The word for today is… genius (noun): 1 : a very smart or talented person : a person who has a level of talent or intelligence that is very rare or remarkable 2 : a person who is very good at doing something 3 : great natural ability Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The belief
The word for today is… vestige (noun): 1a : a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost b : the smallest quantity or trace 2 : a bodily part or organ that is small and degenerate or imperfectly developed
The word for today is… filial (adjective): 1 : of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter 2 : having or assuming the relation of a child or offspring Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Filial is descended from Latin filius, meaning “son,” and filia, meaning “daughter,” and in English (where it has
zest (noun): 1 : a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring 2 : an enjoyably exciting quality 3 : keen enjoyment Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Zest can spice up your life—fitting for a word that we learned from the world of
The word for today is… misbegotten (adjective): 1 dated : unlawfully conceived : born to parents not married to each other 2a : having a disreputable or improper origin b : contemptible Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : In the beginning, there was bigietan, and bigietan begot beyeten; then in the days of Middle English beyeten
The word for today is… zeitgeist (noun): : the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Scholars have long maintained that each era has a unique spirit, a nature or climate that sets it apart from all other epochs. In German, such a spirit is
The word for today is… dedication (noun): 1 religion : an act or rite of dedicating 2 : a devoting or setting aside for a particular purpose 3 : a name and often a message prefixed to a literary, musical, or artistic production in tribute to a person or cause 4 : self-sacrificing devotion
The word for today is… obtuse (adjective): 1a : not pointed or acute : blunt b : of an angle : exceeding 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees : an obtuse triangle is one having an obtuse angle c : of a leaf : rounded at the free end 2a : lacking sharpness or quickness of sensibility
The word for today is… hobnob (verb): 1 archaic : to drink sociably 2 : to associate familiarly Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Hob and nob first came together in print in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, when Sir Toby Belch warns Viola (who is disguised as a man) that Sir Andrew wants to
The word for today is… connive (verb): 1 : to pretend ignorance of or fail to take action against something one ought to oppose 2a : to be indulgent or in secret sympathy : wink b : to cooperate secretly or have a secret understanding 3 : conspire, intrigue Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Connive may
The word for today is… shill (verb, noun): verb 1 : to act as a shill 2 : to act as a spokesperson or promoter noun 1a : one who acts as a decoy (as for a pitchman or gambler) b : one who makes a sales pitch or serves as a promoter Source
The word for today is… ark (noun): 1a : a boat or ship held to resemble that in which Noah and his family were preserved from the Flood b : something that affords protection and safety 2a : the sacred chest representing to the Hebrews the presence of God among them b : a
The word for today is… inchoate (adjective): : being only partly in existence or operation Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Inchoate derives from inchoare, which means “to start work on” in Latin but translates literally as “to hitch up.” Inchoare was formed from the prefix in- and the noun cohum, which refers
The word for today is… collude (verb): : to work together secretly especially in order to do something illegal or dishonest Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Our English “lude” words (allude, collude, delude, elude, and prelude) are based on the Latin verb ludere, meaning “to play.” Collude dates back to 1525 and
The word for today is… lucid (adjective): 1 : very clear and easy to understand 2 : able to think clearly Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : It’s easy enough to shed some light on the origins of lucid: it derives—via the Latin adjective lucidus, meaning “shining”—from the Latin verb lucere,
The word for today is… vignette (noun): 1a : a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper b : the pictorial part of a postage stamp design as distinguished from the frame and lettering 2a : a short descriptive literary sketch b : a brief incident
