The word for today is… perfidious (adjective): : of, relating to, or characterized by perfidy – the quality or state of being faithless or disloyal Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The modern English meaning of “perfidious” remains faithful to that of its Latin ancestor, perfidus, which means “faithless.” English speakers have used “perfidious”
The word for today is… tribulation (noun): : distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The writer and Christian scholar Thomas More, in his 1534 work A dialoge of comforte against tribulation, defined the title word as “euery such thing as troubleth and greueth [grieveth] a
The word for today is… doomsday (noun): 1 : a day of final judgment 2 : a time of catastrophic destruction and death Source : Online Etymology Dictionary Etymology : In medieval England doomsday was expected when the world’s age had reached 6,000 years from the creation, which was thought to have
The word for today is… gambol (verb): to skip about in play Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : In Middle French, the noun “gambade” referred to the frisky spring of a jumping horse. In the early 1500s, the English word gambol romped into print as both a verb and a noun. (The
The word for today is… steampunk (noun): science fiction dealing with 19th-century societies dominated by historical or imagined steam-powered technology Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : “I think Victorian fantasies are going to be the next big thing, as long as we can come up with a fitting collective term
The word for today is… coeval (adjective): of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Coeval comes to English from the Latin word coaevus, meaning “of the same age.” “Coaevus” was formed by combining the “co-” prefix (“in or to the same degree”) with Latin
The word for today is… responsive (adjective): 1 : giving response 2 : quick to respond or react appropriately or sympathetically 3 : using responses Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Responsive comes from the joining of Latin responsus with the suffix -ivus, which gave English -ive. That suffix changes verbs into adjectives, as in
The word for today is… word inflammable (adjective): Inflammable describes things that can easily catch fire. It also means “easily excited or angered.” Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Combustible and incombustible are opposites, but flammable and inflammable are synonyms. How can that be? The in- of incombustible is a common prefix
The word for today is… adversary (noun, adjective): noun : one that contends with, opposes, or resists : an enemy or opponent adjective 1 : of, relating to, or involving an enemy or adversary 2 : having or involving antagonistic parties or opposing interests Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : If you’ve ever had someone
The word for today is… sedentary (adjective): 1 : not migratory 2a : doing or requiring much sitting b : not physically active 3 : permanently attached Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : English speakers borrowed sedentary in the late 16th century from Middle French sedentaire, which in turn derives from Latin sedentarius. Sedentarius, which means
The word for today is… fulminate (verb,noun): verb : to utter or send out with denunciation fulminate a decree : to send forth censures or invectives noun :an often explosive salt (such as mercury fulminate) containing the group -CNO Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Lightning strikes more than once in the history
The word for today is… brogue (noun): 1 : a stout coarse shoe worn formerly in Ireland and the Scottish Highlands 2 : a heavy shoe often with a hobnailed sole 3 : a stout oxford shoe with perforations and usually a wing tip 4 : a dialect or regional pronunciation especially : an Irish
The word for today is… egregious (adjective): 1 : conspicuous – especially, conspicuously bad 2 : archaic : distinguished Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Egregious derives from the Latin word egregius, meaning “distinguished” or “eminent.” In its earliest English uses, egregious was a compliment to someone who had a remarkably good quality that placed him
The word for today is… suborn (verb): 1 : to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing 2 : to induce to commit perjury Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The Latin word that gave us suborn in the early part of the 16th century is subornare, which translates literally as “to secretly furnish
The word for today is… coiffure (noun): : a style or manner of arranging the hair Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : First appearing in English in the 1630s, coiffure derives from the French verb coiffer, which can mean “to arrange (hair)” or “to cover with a coif (any of various close-fitting
The word for today is… halcyon (adjective, noun): adjective 1a : characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity b : calm, peaceful a halcyon atmosphere c : prosperous, affluent 2 : of or relating to the halcyon (see halcyon entry 2) or its nesting period noun : a bird identified with the kingfisher Source : Merriam
