The word for today is… testimonial (noun, adjective): noun 1a: a statement testifying to benefits received b: a character reference : letter of recommendation 2: an expression of appreciation : tribute 3: evidence, testimony adjective 1: of, relating to, or constituting testimony 2: expressive of appreciation or esteem Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology
The word for today is… beatific (adjective): 1: of, possessing, or imparting beatitude 2: having a blissful appearance Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Since the 17th century, beatific has been all about another b-word, bliss, first describing things that impart a feeling of complete and utter happiness, and later those
The word for today is… allusion (noun): 1: an implied or indirect reference especially in literature 2: the act of making an indirect reference to something : the act of alluding to something Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : An allusion is not a play on words—that would be a pun—but
The word for today is… demesne (noun): 1: legal possession of land as one's own 2: manorial land actually possessed by the lord and not held by tenants 3a: the land attached to a mansion b: landed property : estate c: region Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Why isn'
The word for today is… enumerate (verb): 1: to ascertain the number of : count 2: to specify one after another : list Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : In a census year, a government attempts to enumerate every single citizen of the country—a task that, even in the modern era of technology,
The word for today is… equilibrium (noun): 1a: a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise b: a state of adjustment between opposing or divergent influences or elements 2: a state of balance between opposing forces or actions that is either static (as in a body acted on by forces
The word for today is… apologia (noun): : a defense especially of one's opinions, position, or actions Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : As you might expect, apologia is a close relative of apology. Both words derive from Late Latin; apologia came to English as a direct borrowing while apology traveled
The word for today is… hidebound (adjective): 1 of a domestic animal : having a dry skin lacking in pliancy and adhering closely to the underlying flesh 2: having an inflexible or ultraconservative character Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Hidebound has its origins in agriculture. The word, which appeared in English as
The word for today is… hapless (adjective): : having no luck : unfortunate Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Hapless literally means what you'd expect it to mean: "without hap"—hap being another word for fortune or luck. Hap derives from the Old Norse word for "good luck,"
The word for today is… hierarchy (noun): 1: a division of angels 2a: a ruling body of clergy organized into orders or ranks each subordinate to the one above it, especially the bishops of a province or nation b: church government by a hierarchy 3: a body of persons in
The word for today is… accoutrement (noun): 1a: equipment, trappings - specifically : a soldier's outfit usually not including clothes and weapons. Usually used in plural b: an accessory item of clothing or equipment. Usually used in plural 2: an identifying and often superficial characteristic or device. Usually used in
The word for today is… sublimate (verb, noun): transitive verb 1 archaic : to improve or refine as if by subliming 2: to divert the expression of (an instinctual desire or impulse) from its unacceptable form to one that is considered more socially or culturally acceptable intransitive verb : to pass directly
The word for today is… fulgent (adjective): : dazzlingly bright : radiant Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : "The weary Sun betook himself to rest; — / Then issued Vesper from the fulgent west." That's how the appearance of the evening star in the glowing western sky at sunset looked to 19th-
The word for today is… ambigram (noun): : something (such as an image of a written word or phrase) that is intended or able to be oriented in either of two ways for viewing or reading Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Ambigram was introduced by cognitive scientist Douglas R. Hofstadter in his
The word for today is… drub (verb): 1: to beat severely 2: to berate critically 3: to defeat decisively Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Sportswriters often use the word drub when a team they are covering is drubbed—that is, routed—but the term’s history reveals that it wasn’t
The word for today is… hoity-toity (noun, adjective): noun : thoughtless giddy behavior adjective 1: thoughtlessly silly or frivolous : flighty 2: marked by an air of assumed importance Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : In modern use, hoity-toity is used almost exclusively to describe someone who's got their nose
