The word for today is… argot (noun): : the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : We borrowed argot from French in the early 1800s, although our language already had
The word for today is… tutelage (noun): 1a: instruction especially of an individual b: a guiding influence 2: the state of being under a guardian or tutor 3a: an act or process of serving as guardian or protector : guardianship b: hegemony over a foreign territory Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Tutelage
The word for today is… Herculean (adjective): 1: of, relating to, or characteristic of Hercules 2 often not capitalised : of extraordinary power, extent, intensity, or difficulty Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The hero Hercules, son of the god Zeus by a human mother, was famous for his superhuman strength. As penance
The word for today is… nascent (adjective): : coming or having recently come into existence Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Nascent descends from the Latin verb nasci, meaning “to be born,” as does many an English word, from nation and nature to innate and renaissance. But rather than describing the birth of
The word for today is… fiasco (noun, noun): noun : a complete failure noun : bottle, flask, especially : a bulbous long-necked straw-covered bottle for wine Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : English speakers picked up fiasco from the French, who in turn adopted it from the Italian phrase fare fiasco—literally, "to make
The word for today is… interminable (adjective): : having or seeming to have no end, especially : wearisomely protracted Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : This word was borrowed into English in the 15th century, from a Latin word combining the prefix in- ("not") and the verb terminare, meaning "to terminate&
The word for today is… commemorate (verb): 1: to call to remembrance 2: to mark by some ceremony or observation : observe 3: to serve as a memorial of Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : When you remember something, you are mindful of it. And you are especially mindful when you commemorate something,
The word for today is… abstruse (adjective): : difficult to comprehend : recondite Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Look closely at the following Latin verbs, all of which are derived from the verb trudere ("to push, thrust"): extrudere, intrudere, obtrudere, protrudere. Remove the last two letters of each of these and
The word for today is… curious (adjective): 1a: marked by desire to investigate and learn b: marked by inquisitive interest in others' concerns : nosy 2: exciting attention as strange, novel, or unexpected : odd 3a archaic : made carefully b archaic : precisely accurate c obsolete : abstruse Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Since
The word for today is… alarm (noun, verb): noun 1 usually alarum - archaic : a call to arms 2: a signal (such as a loud noise or flashing light) that warns or alerts, also : a device that signals 3: sudden sharp apprehension and fear resulting from the perception of imminent
The word for today is… dyspepsia (noun): 1: indigestion 2: ill humour : disgruntlement Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : When people get indigestion, they are often affected by nausea, heartburn, and gas-things that can cause the world's greatest gastronome to curse the world's most delectable dishes. So, it
The word for today is… limn (verb): 1: to draw or paint on a surface 2: to outline in clear sharp detail : delineate 3: describe Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Limn is a word with lustrous origins, tracing ultimately to the Latin verb illuminare, meaning "to illuminate." Its use
The word for today is… repel (verb): 1a: to drive back : repulse b: to fight against : resist 2: turn away, reject 3a: to drive away : discourage b: to be incapable of adhering to, mixing with, taking up, or holding c: to force away or apart or tend to do so
The word for today is… gyascutus (noun): an imaginary legendary animal. Source : Britannica Etymology : An imaginary, large, four-legged beast with legs on one side longer than those on the other, for walking on hillsides. Humorous references to this creature, whose name has countless local variants, first appeared in American newspapers
The word for today is… innuendo (noun): 1a: an oblique allusion : hint, insinuation, especially : a veiled or equivocal reflection on character or reputation b: the use of such allusions 2: a parenthetical explanation introduced into the text of a legal document Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The word innuere in classical
The word for today is… phalanx (noun): 1: a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files; broadly : a body of troops in close array 2 plural phalanges : one of the digital bones of the hand or foot of a vertebrate 3 plural
