The word for today is… poignant (adjective) – 1a(1) : painfully affecting the feelings : piercing (2) : deeply affecting : touching b : designed to make an impression : cutting poignant satire 2a : pleasurably stimulating b : being to the point : apt 3 : pungently pervasive a poignant perfume Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Poignant comes to us
The word for today is… prescience (noun) – foreknowledge of events: a : divine omniscience b : human anticipation of the course of events : foresight Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The more common use of this word is its derived adjective prescient. If you know the origin of “science,” you already know half the
The word for today is… indigent (adjective) – 1 : suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished 2a archaic : deficient b archaic : totally lacking in something specified Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : First known use in the 15th century. Middle English, from Middle French, from Old French, from Latin. Indigent-, indigens, present participle of indigere
The word for today is… echelon (noun, verb) – noun 1a (1) : an arrangement of a body of troops with its units each somewhat to the left or right of the one in the rear like a series of steps (2) : a formation of units or individuals resembling such an echelon
The word for today is… collaborate (verb) – 1 : to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor 2 : to cooperate with or willingly assist an enemy of one’s country and especially an occupying force 3 : to cooperate with an agency or instrumentality with which one is
The word for today is… solipsism (noun)- : a theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing : extreme egocentrism Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Fans of René Descartes credit the French philosopher with introducing solipsism as a major problem
The word for today is… enjoin (verb) – 1 : to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition 2a : forbid, prohibit b : to prohibit by a judicial order : put an injunction on Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Please concentrate this morning, this is not the easiest of offerings to get
The word for today is… majuscule (noun) – a large letter (such as a capital) Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Majuscule looks like the complement to “minuscule,” and the resemblance is no coincidence. “Minuscule” appeared in the early 18th century as a word for a lowercase letter, then later as the word
The word for today is… verdant (adjective) – 1a : green in tint or color b : green with growing plants 2 : unripe in experience or judgment Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : English speakers have been using “verdant” as a ripe synonym of “green” since the late 16th century, and as a descriptive term
I have a cunning plan. A plan so cunning…well you know how it goes with tails and weasels and so on. I am as guilty as many in being downbeat as to where we find ourselves at present; only yesterday I commented on this forum how depressing I found
The word for today is… pluvial (adjective) – 1a : of or relating to rain b : characterized by abundant rain 2 of a geologic change : resulting from the action of rain Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : In the early 17th century, clerics began wearing long cloaks known as “pluvials” for protection against the
The word for today is… glean (verb) – 1 : to gather grain or other produce left by reapers – glean a field 2a : to gather (something, such as information) bit by bit b : to pick over in search of relevant material 3 : find out Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Glean comes from Middle
The word for today is… imbue (verb) – 1 : endow – ‘Spanish missions imbue the city with Old World charm’ 2 : to permeate or influence as if by dyeing – ‘the spirit that imbues the new constitution’ 3 : to tinge or dye deeply Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Like its synonym infuse, imbue implies
The word for today is… proleteriat (noun) – 1 : the laboring class especially : the class of industrial workers who lack their own means of production and hence sell their labor to live 2 : the lowest social or economic class of a community Source : Online Etymology Dictionary Etymology : “the lowest and poorest
The word for today is… sanctimonious (adjective) – 1 : hypocritically pious or devout 2 obsolete : possessing sanctity : holy Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : There’s nothing sacred about “sanctimonious”-at least not any more. But in the early 1600s, the English adjective was still sometimes used to describe someone truly holy or
The word for today is… didactic (adjective)- 1 a : designed or intended to teach b : intended to convey instruction and information as well as pleasure and entertainment 2 : making moral observations Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Didaktikós is a Greek word that means “apt at teaching.” It comes from didáskein, meaning
