The word for today is… woebegone (adjective): 1: strongly affected with woe : woeful 2a: exhibiting great woe, sorrow, or misery b: being in a sorry state Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : At first glance, woebegone looks like a word that has its meaning backwards; after all, if begone means “go away,
The word for today is… exigent (adjective): 1: requiring immediate aid or action 2: requiring or calling for much : demanding Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Exigent is a formal word with meanings closely tied to its Latin forbear, exigere, meaning “to demand.” Exigent things and people demand attention—for example, an
The word for today is… gravitate (verb): 1: to move under the influence of gravitation 2a: to move toward something b: to be drawn or attracted especially by natural inclination Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The force is strong in the family of words descended from the Latin adjective gravis, meaning
The word for today is… bugbear (noun): 1: an imaginary goblin or specter used to excite fear 2a: an object or source of dread b: a continuing source of irritation : problem Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Just as peanuts are neither peas nor nuts (they are legumes), bugbears are neither bugs
The word for today is… valorous (adjective): : valiant Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The English language has no shortage of synonyms for brave. In fact, it even has two different such words from the same Latin verb, valere (“to have strength”): valiant and valorous. Valiant is the older of the pair,
The word for today is… suffuse (verb): : to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The Latin word suffendere, ancestor to suffuse by way of Latin suffusus, has various meanings that shed light on our modern word, among them “to pour on
The word for today is… audacious (adjective): 1a: intrepidly daring : adventurous b: recklessly bold : rash 2: contemptuous of law, religion, or decorum : insolent 3: marked by originality and verve Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Fortune favors the bold—or, as ancient Romans are known to have said, “audentes Fortuna iuvat.” Audentes
The word for today is… mien (noun): 1: air or bearing especially as expressive of attitude or personality : demeanor 2: appearance, aspect Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Mien is a somewhat literary term that refers to a person’s appearance and behavior toward others—that is, their outward manner or demeanor.
The word for today is… cockamamie (adjective): : ridiculous, incredible Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Cockamamie is believed to be an altered form of the term decalcomania, which refers to the process, invented in the mid-19th century, of transferring pictures and designs from specially prepared paper to surfaces such as glass or
The word for today is… terraform (verb): : to transform (a planet, moon, etc.) so that it is suitable for supporting human life Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : In the world of science fiction, life finds a way. Such is the goal of terraforming, a concept that has long served as a
The word for today is… requisite (adjective): : needed for a particular purpose : essential, necessary Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The origin of this word begins with the Latin verb quaerere, which means “to ask” or “to seek.” That word is ancestor to a number of English words, including acquire, require, inquiry,
The word for today is… maelstrom (noun): 1: a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius 2: something resembling a maelstrom in turbulence Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The original Maelstrom, also known as the Mostenstraumen or Moskstraumen, is a channel located off the northwest coast of
The word for today is… parse (verb, noun): transitive verb 1a: to divide (a sentence) into grammatical parts and identify the parts and their relations to each other b: to describe (a word) grammatically by stating the part of speech and explaining the inflection (see inflection sense 2a) and syntactical
The word for today is… analogue (noun): 1: something that is similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail : something that is analogous to something else 2: an organ or part similar in function to an organ or part of another animal or plant
The word for today is… fuliginous (adjective): 1a: sooty b: obscure, murky 2: having a dark or dusky color Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Fuliginous is a word with a dark and dirty past—it comes from fuligo, the Latin word for “soot,” a substance formed by combustion or separated from
The word for today is…werewolf (noun): : a person transformed into a wolf or capable of assuming a wolf’s form Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Although English sometimes makes use of other words for howling humanoid beasties, werewolf is the leader of the pack. It’s also an ancient word,
