The word for today is… grandiloquence (noun) – : a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Grandiloquence, which first appeared in English in the late 16th century, is one of several English words pertaining to speech that derive from the Latin
The word for today is… turbid (adjective) – 1a : thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment b : heavy with smoke or mist 2a : deficient in clarity or purity b : characterized by or producing obscurity (as of mind or emotions) Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Turbid and “turgid” (which means
The word for today is… deference (noun) – respect and esteem due a superior or an elder Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The words deference and defer both derive from the Latin deferre, which means “to bring down” or “to carry away.” At the same time you might also hear that defer
The word for today is… gazette (noun, verb) – noun 1 : newspaper 2 : an official journal 3 British : an announcement in an official gazette -verb 1 chiefly British : to announce or publish in a gazette 2 British : to announce the appointment or status of in an official gazette Source : Merriam -Webster
The word for today is… vilify (verb) – 1 : to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame 2 : to lower in estimation or importance Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Vilify came to English by way of the Middle English vilifien and the Late Latin vilificare from the Latin adjective vilis, meaning “cheap”
The word for today is… slipshod (adjective) – 1a : wearing loose shoes or slippers b : down at the heel : shabby 2 : careless, slovenly Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The word shod is the past tense form of the verb shoe, meaning “to furnish with a shoe”; hence, we can speak of shoeing
The word for today is… nacelle (noun) – : a streamlined enclosure (as for an engine) on an aircraft Source : Online Etymology Dictionary Etymology : late 15c., “small boat,” from Old French nacele “little boat, bark, skiff” (12c., Modern French nacelle), from Vulgar Latin *naucella, from Late Latin navicella “a little ship,” diminutive
The word for today is… fathom (noun, verb) – noun: a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water verb: 1 : to measure by a sounding line 2 : to penetrate and come to understand Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Fathom comes to
The word for today is… perdure (verb) – : to continue to exist Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Perdure was borrowed into Middle English from Anglo-French and traces back to the Latin verb perdurare, meaning “to continue.” Perdurare, in turn, was formed by combining the intensifying prefix per- with the verb durare,
The word for today is… megillah (noun) – 1 slang : a long involved story or account 2 slang a : an elaborate, complicated production or sequence of events b : everything involved in what is under consideration Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Although megillah is a slang word in English, it has perfectly respectable
The word for today is… vermilion (noun) – 1 : a vivid reddish orange 2 : a bright red pigment consisting of mercuric sulfide Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Middle English vermilioun, borrowed from Anglo-French vermeilloun, from vermeil “bright red, red color” (going back to Late Latin vermiculus “bright red color (obtained from
The word for today is… draconian (adjective) – 1 law : of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him 2 : cruel : severe Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Draconian comes from Draco, the name of a 7th-century B.C. Athenian legislator
The word for today is… concatenate (adjective, verb) adjective: linked together verb: to link together in a series or chain Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Concatenate comes directly from Latin concatenare, which in turn is formed from con-, meaning “with” or “together,” and catena, meaning “chain.” In fact, the word chain
The word for today is… fool (noun, adjective, verb) – noun: 1 : a person lacking in judgment or prudence 2a : a retainer formerly kept in great households to provide casual entertainment and commonly dressed in motley with cap, bells, and bauble b : one who is victimized or made to appear foolish
The word for today is… contemporary (adjective, noun) – adjective – 1a : marked by characteristics of the present period b : simultaneous 2 : happening, existing, living, or coming into being during the same period of time noun – 1 : one that is contemporary with another 2 : one of the same or nearly the same
The word for today is… keelhaul (verb) – 1 : to haul under the keel of a ship as punishment or torture 2 : to rebuke severely Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : In the mid-1600s, British monarchs were intent on using their powerful navy to expand their empire. Insubordination was not tolerated, and
