The word for today is… enclave (noun): : a distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Looking for the keys to the etymology of enclave? You’ll find them in French and Latin. English speakers borrowed “enclave” from French in
The word for today is… garbage (noun): 1a : food waste b : discarded or useless material 2a : trash b : inaccurate or useless data Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Middle English, “poultry organs and body parts used for food, poultry refuse,” borrowed from Anglo-French. Garbage (implied in sergant garbagere – “kitchen servant tasked
The word for today is… univocal (adjective): 1 : having one meaning only 2 : unambiguous Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Earliest known print evidence of univocal, in the sense of “having one meaning only,” dates the word to the mid-1500s, somewhat earlier than its more familiar antonym equivocal (meaning “often misleadingly
The word for today is… trepidation (noun): 1: a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation 2: archaic : a tremulous motion, tremor Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : If you’ve ever trembled with fright, you know something of both the sensation and etymology of trepidation. The word comes from the Latin
The word for today is… exonerate (verb): 1 : to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship 2 : to clear from accusation or blame Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : We won’t blame you if you don’t know the origins of today’s word. Exonerate derives via Middle English from the
The word for today is… amity (noun): : friendship – especially friendly relations between nations Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Amity has been used in English to describe friendship or friendliness for well over 500 years. It is derived from the Latin word for “friend,” amicus, and has come to be used especially
The word for today is… negotiate (verb): 1 : to discuss something formally in order to make an agreement 2 : to agree on (something) by formally discussing it 3 : to get over, through, or around (something) successfully Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : For the first 250 years of its life, negotiate had
The word for today is… wormhole (noun): 1 : a hole or passage burrowed by a worm 2 : a hypothetical structure of space-time envisioned as a tunnel connecting points that are separated in space and time Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology: If you associate “wormhole” with quantum physics and sci-fi,
The word for today is… grisly (adjective): 1 : inspiring horror or intense fear 2 : inspiring disgust or distaste Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : An angry grizzly bear could certainly inspire fear, so “grizzly” must be a variant of “grisly,” right? Yes and no. The adjective “grisly” is indeed sometimes spelled “grizzly,
The word for today is… qualm (noun): 1 : a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety 2 : a sudden feeling of usually disturbing emotion (such as doubt or fear) 3 : a sudden attack of illness, faintness, or nausea Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Etymologists aren’t sure
The word for today is… edify (verb): 1 : to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge 2 archaic a : build b : establish Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The Latin noun aedes, meaning “house” or “temple,” is the root of aedificare, a verb meaning “to erect a house.” Generations of
The word for today is… steadfast (adjective): 1a : firmly fixed in place : immovable b : not subject to change 2 : firm in belief, determination, or adherence Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Steadfast has held its ground in English for many centuries. Its Old English predecessor, stedefæst, combined stede (meaning “place” or “stead”
The word for today is… bevy (noun): 1 : a large group or collection 2 : a group of animals and especially quail Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : What do you call a group of crows? Or swine? Or leopards? Well-educated members of the medieval gentry seem to have been expected to
The word for today is… truncate (verb, adjective): verb 1 : to shorten by or as if by cutting off 2 : to replace (an edge or corner of a crystal) by a plane adjective : having the end square or even Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Truncate descends from the Latin verb truncare,
The word for today is… demagogue (noun): 1 : a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power 2 : a leader championing the cause of the common people in ancient times Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : When the ancient Greeks used demagogos (from
The word for today is… soporific (adjective, noun): adjective 1a : causing or tending to cause sleep b : tending to dull awareness or alertness 2 : of, relating to, or marked by sleepiness or lethargy noun : a soporific agent Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : “It is said that the effect of eating too
