The word for today is… boxing day (noun): the first weekday after Christmas observed as a legal holiday in parts of the Commonwealth Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : By an English custom postmen, employees, and others can expect to receive a Christmas present; originally in reference to the custom of distributing
The word for today is… Christmas (noun): Church festival observed annually in memory of the birth of Christ Source : Online Etymology Dictionary Etymology : Late Old English Cristes mæsse, from Christ (and retaining the original vowel sound) + mass. Written as one word from mid-14c. As a verb, “to celebrate Christmas,
The word for today is… perpetuity (noun): 1 : eternity 2 : the quality or state of being perpetual 3: the condition of an estate limited so that it will not take effect or vest within the period fixed by law 4 : an annuity payable forever Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Continual existence—
The word for today is… gossamer (noun, adjective): noun 1 : a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather 2 : something light, delicate, or insubstantial adjective :extremely light, delicate, or tenuous Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : In the days of Middle English, a period of mild weather in late
The word for today is… embellish (verb): 1 : to make beautiful with ornamentation 2 : to heighten the attractiveness of by adding decorative or fanciful details Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Like its synonyms adorn, ornament, and garnish, embellish means to make something beautiful by the addition of a decorative or fanciful
The word for today is… odious (adjective): : arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Odious has been with us since the days of Middle English. We borrowed it from Anglo-French, which in turn had taken it from Latin odiosus. The Latin adjective came from the noun
The word for today is… extricate (verb): 1 : to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty 2a : to distinguish from a related thing b archaic : unravel Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : It can take an ample amount of dexterity – manual, verbal, or mental – to free yourself from a tangled situation.
The word for today is… restaurateur (noun): : the operator or proprietor of a restaurant Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Restaurateur and restaurant were borrowed directly from related French words, and both ultimately derive from the Latin word restaurare (“to restore”). Restaurateur is the older of the two; our earliest evidence dates
The word for today is… amicable (adjective): characterized by friendly goodwill Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Amicable comes from Latin amicabilis, meaning “friendly,” and amare, “to feel affection for” or “to love.” Am?re has a number of English descendants, including amiable (“friendly, sociable, and congenial”), amorous (“strongly moved by love
The word for today is… fret (verb): to become worried or concerned. Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The meat-and-potatoes meaning of fret is “to eat.” The verb is used literally, as in “Moths fretted the clothing,” but more often figuratively to describe actions that corrode or wear away. A
The word for today is… scion (noun): 1 : a detached living portion of a plant (such as a bud or shoot) joined to a stock in grafting and usually supplying solely aerial parts to a graft 2 :an heir or descendant of a wealthy or influential family. Source : Merriam -Webster
The word for today is… cavalier (adjective , noun): adjective : marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful dismissal of important matters – a cavalier attitude toward money, has a cavalier disregard for the rights of others 2 : debonair 3a capitalized : of or relating to the party of Charles I of
The word for today is… loll (verb): 1 : to hang loosely or laxly : droop 2 : to act or move in a lax, lazy, or indolent manner Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Loll has origins similar to those of another soothing verb, lull, which means “to cause to rest or sleep.” Both
The word for today is… intransigent (adjective): characterized by refusal to compromise or to abandon an often extreme position or attitude Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : English speakers borrowed “intransigent” in the 19th century from Spanish intransigente (“uncompromising”), itself a combination of the familiar prefix in- (“not”) and “transigente” (“willing to
The word for today is… mettle (noun): 1a : vigor and strength of spirit or temperament b : staying quality : stamina 2 : quality of temperament or disposition Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Originally, mettle was simply a variant spelling of the word metal (which dates to at least the 13th century), and it
The word for today is… sentient (adjective): 1 : responsive to or conscious of sense impressions – sentient beings 2 : aware 3 : finely sensitive in perception or feeling Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : You may have guessed that sentient has something to do with the senses. The initial spelling sent- or sens- is
