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
The word for today is… sloth (noun) – 1a : disinclination to action or labor b : spiritual apathy and inactivity 2 : any of various slow-moving arboreal edentate mammals (genera Bradypus and Choloepus) that inhabit tropical forests of South and Central America, hang from the branches back downward, and feed on leaves,
The word for today is… lothario (noun) – a man whose chief interest is seducing women Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Lothario comes from The Fair Penitent (1703), a tragedy by Nicholas Rowe. In the play, Lothario is a notorious seducer, extremely attractive but beneath his charming exterior a haughty and unfeeling
The word for today is… kerfuffle (noun) – : a disturbance or commotion typically caused by a dispute or conflict Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Fuffle was first used in Scottish English, as early as the 16th century, as a verb meaning “to dishevel.” The addition of the prefix car- (possibly derived from
The word for today is… underwhelm (verb) : to fail to impress or stimulate Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Overwhelm and its rare synonym “whelm” have both been around since the 14th century, but “underwhelm” first appeared in print in 1949. Both “overwhelm” and “whelm” are derived from the Middle English “whelmen,
The word for today is… toady (noun) – : one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : In 17th-century Europe, a toadeater was a showman’s assistant whose job was to make the boss look good. The toadeater would eat (or pretend to eat) what
The word for today is… anodyne (adjective) – 1 : serving to alleviate pain 2 : not likely to offend or arouse tensions : innocuous Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Anodyne came to English via Latin from Greek an?dynos (“without pain”), and it has been used as both an adjective and a noun (“something
