The word for today is… expedite (verb): 1: to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up 2: to execute promptly Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Need someone to do something in a hurry? You can tell that person to step on it—or you can tell them expedite it. Figurative
The word for today is… cachinnate (verb): : to laugh loudly or immoderately Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Cachinnate has been whooping it up in English since the 19th century. The word derives from the Latin verb cachinnare, meaning “to laugh loudly,” and cachinnare was probably coined in imitation of a loud
The word for today is… arboreal (adjective): 1: of, relating to, or resembling a tree 2: inhabiting or frequenting trees Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Arboreal took root in English in the 17th century, at a time when language influencers were eager to see English take on words from Latin and
The word for today is… victual (noun, verb): noun 1: food usable by people 2 victuals plural : supplies of food : provisions verb 1: eat 2: to lay in provisions Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The word derives via the Middle English and Anglo-French vitaille from the Late Latin plural noun victualia
The word for today is… vicissitude (noun): 1a: the quality or state of being changeable : mutability b: natural change or mutation visible in nature or in human affairs 2a: a favorable or unfavorable event or situation that occurs by chance : a fluctuation of state or condition b: a difficulty or
The word for today is… carouse (verb, noun): verb 1: to drink liquor freely or excessively 2: to take part in a carouse : engage in dissolute behavior noun 1: a drunken revel 2 archaic : a large draft of liquor Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Sixteenth-century English revelers toasting each other’s
The word for today is… orthography (noun): 1a: the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage b: the representation of the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols 2: a part of language study that deals with letters and spelling Source : Merriam -Webster
The word for today is… reprehensible (adjective): : worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : It may be easy to grasp that reprehensible is all about blame, but the word’s origins tell a grabbier story. The word comes from the Latin reprehendere (literally “to hold back”), a
The word for today is… gravamen (noun): : the material or significant part of a grievance or complaint Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Gravamen is not a word you hear every day (even rarer is gravamina, the less expected of its two plural forms; gravamens is the other), but it does show
The word for today is… beguile (verb): 1: hoodwink 2: to engage the interest of by or as if by guile 3: to lead by deception 4: to while away especially by some agreeable occupation Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : A number of English words have traveled a rather curious path
The word for today is… wistful (adjective): 1: full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy 2: musingly sad : pensive Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The etymology of wistful, while intriguing, is not entirely clear. It’s thought that the word is a combination of wistly, a now-obsolete word meaning “intently”
The word for today is… fortitude (noun): 1: strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage 2 obsolete : strength Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Fortitude comes from the Latin word fortis, meaning “strong,” and in English it has always been used primarily
The word for today is… undergird (verb): 1 archaic : to make secure underneath 2: to form the basis or foundation of : strengthen, support Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : When undergird was a new word in the 16th century, it was ships that were undergirded—that is, made secure below—and the
The word for today is… dolorous (adjective): : causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : If you’ve ever studied a Romance language, you’ve likely run into words related to Latin dolor, meaning “pain” or “grief.” Indeed, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian all refer
The word for today is… hackle (noun, verb): noun 1a: one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird b: the neck plumage of the domestic fowl 2: a comb or board with long metal teeth for dressing flax, hemp, or jute 3: hackles plural
The word for today is… pacify (verb): 1a: to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe b: appease, propitiate 2a: to restore to a tranquil state : settle b: to reduce to a submissive state : subdue Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Pacify is the oldest of a set of soothing words that
