The word for today is… avoirdupois (noun, adjective): noun 1: avoirdupois weight 2: weight, heaviness adjective : expressed in avoirdupois weight Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : When avoirdupois first appeared in English in the 15th century, it referred to “goods sold by weight,” which is also the meaning of its Middle English
The word for today is… dexterous (adjective): 1: mentally adroit and skillful : clever 2: done with mental or physical skill, quickness, or grace : done with dexterity : artful 3: skillful and competent with the hands Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : If you believe dexterous to be on the right side of etymological
The word for today is… bifurcate (verb): : to cause to divide into two branches or parts Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : A road that bifurcates splits in two. Other things can bifurcate (or be bifurcated) as well, such as an organization that splits, or is split, into two factions. Bifurcate comes
The word for today is… felicitous (adjective): 1: very well suited or expressed : apt 2: pleasant, delightful Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Felix is a Latin word meaning “happy” or “fruitful,” and the ancestor of the English adjective felicitous, which can mean both “pleasant and delightful,” and “very well suited or
The word for today is… detritus (noun): 1 geology : loose material (such as rock fragments or organic particles) that results directly from disintegration 2a: a product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away : debris b: miscellaneous remnants : odds and ends Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Detritus is a term—originally a geology
The word for today is… authentic (adjective): 1: not false or imitation : real, actual 2: true to one’s own personality, spirit, or character 3a: worthy of acceptance or belief as conforming to or based on fact b: conforming to an original so as to reproduce essential features c: made
The word for today is… kinetic (adjective): 1: of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith 2a: active, lively b: dynamic, energizing 3: of or relating to kinetic art Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Ever watch a top spin? Or see one snooker
The word for today is… culprit (noun): 1: one accused of or charged with a crime 2: one guilty of a crime or a fault 3: the source or cause of a problem Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Culprit is related to culpable, which itself comes (via Middle English and Anglo-
The word for today is… olfactory (adjective): : of or relating to the sense of smell Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Olfactory comes from the Latin word olfacere (“to smell”), which in turn combines two verbs, olere (“to give off a smell”) and facere (“to do”). It often appears in scientific contexts
The word for today is… panjandrum (noun): 1- a pompous self-important official or person of rank 2 – Secret WWII rocket propelled rolling bomb project designed to be used at beach assaults. It was an abject failure and was never deployed in action. Source : Interesting literature.com; Youtube Etymology : One
The word for today is… abnegate (verb): 1 formal : deny, renounce 2 formal : surrender, relinquish Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : There’s no denying that the Latin root negare, meaning “to deny,” has given English some useful words, among them abnegate, which is used in formal settings to mean “to deny
The word for today is… nebbish (noun): : a timid, meek, or ineffectual person Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Nebbish comes from the Yiddish word nebekh, meaning “poor” or “unfortunate.” In keeping with the term’s semantic timidity, its journey from Yiddish to English wasn’t accomplished in a single bold leap.
The word for today is… tranche (noun): : a division or portion of a pool or whole Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : In French, tranche means “slice.” Cutting deeper into the word’s etymology, we find the Old French word trancer, meaning “to cut.” Tranche emerged in the English language in the
The word for today is… scrumptious (adjective): :delightful, excellent, delicious Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : First appearing in English in the early 1800s, scrumptious is a mouth-watering word that is used to describe things delightful and delectable. It may have originated as an alteration of sumptuous, carrying the elegant connotations
The word for today is… ransack (verb): 1: to look through thoroughly in often a rough way 2: to search through and steal from in a forceful and damaging way Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Ransack carries the image of a house being roughly disarranged, as might happen when you are
The word for today is… laissez-faire (noun): 1: a doctrine opposing governmental interference in economic affairs beyond the minimum necessary for the maintenance of peace and property rights 2: a philosophy or practice characterized by a usually deliberate abstention from direction or interference especially with individual freedom of choice
