The word for today is… mesmerise (verb): 1: to subject to mesmerism. Also : hypnotise 2: spellbind Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Experts can’t agree on whether Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815) was a quack or a genius, but all concede that the Swabian physician’s name is the source of
The word for today is… regimen (noun): 1a: a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient b: a regular course of action and especially of strenuous training 2: government, rule Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Regimen, which usually
The word for today is… churlish (adjective): 1: of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar 2: marked by a lack of civility or graciousness : surly 3: difficult to work with or deal with : intractable Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : In Old English, the word ceorl referred to a free peasant—
The word for today is… inspire (verb): 1a: to spur on : impel, motivate b: to exert an animating, enlivening, or exalting influence on c: affect d: to influence, move, or guide by divine or supernatural inspiration 2a: bring about, occasion b: incite 3a: to draw forth or bring out b:
The word for today is… pontificate (verb, noun): verb 1: to speak or express opinions in a pompous or dogmatic way 2a: to officiate as a pontiff b: to celebrate pontifical mass noun : the state, office, or term of office of a pontiff Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : In ancient Rome,
The word for today is… zenith (noun): 1: the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer 2: the highest point reached in the heavens by a celestial body 3: culminating point : acme Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : When you reach the zenith,
The word for today is… shofar (noun): : the horn of a ruminant animal and usually a ram blown as a trumpet by the ancient Hebrews in battle and during religious observances and used in modern Judaism especially during Rosh Hashanah and at the end of Yom Kippur Source : Merriam -Webster
The word for today is… demure (adjective): 1: reserved, modest 2: affectedly modest, reserved, or serious : coy Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : In the nearly seven centuries that demure has been in use, its meaning has only shifted slightly. While it began solely as a descriptive term for people of quiet
The word for today is… harbinger (noun, verb): noun 1a: something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come b: one that initiates a major change : a person or thing that originates or helps open up a new activity, method, or technology
The word for today is… abstain (verb): 1: to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice 2:: to choose not to vote Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : If you abstain, you’re consciously, and usually
The word for today is… fallible (adjective): 1: liable to be erroneous 2: capable of making a mistake Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : “Humanum est errare” is a Latin expression that translates as “To err is human.” Of course, cynics might say that it is also human to deceive. The history
The word for today is… hangar (noun, verb): noun : shelter, shed – especially : a covered and usually enclosed area for housing and repairing aircraft verb : to place or store in a hangar Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Borrowed from French, “shed open on one or more sides for storing agricultural products, farm
The word for today is… frivolous (adjective): 1a: of little weight or importance b: having no sound basis (as in fact or law) 2a: lacking in seriousness b: marked by unbecoming levity Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The word frivolous is applied to things that don’t deserve serious attention—though
The word for today is… injunction (noun): 1: a writ granted by a court of equity whereby one is required to do or to refrain from doing a specified act 2: the act or an instance of enjoining : order, admonition Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Injunction, injunction, what’s your function?
The word for today is… orotund (adjective): 1: marked by fullness, strength, and clarity of sound : sonorous 2: pompous, bombastic Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Shaping one’s mouth into an o-shape is pretty much a surefire way to produce an orotund or resonant sound, that is full, strong, and
The word for today is… pareidolia (noun): : the tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : If you’ve ever spotted an image of a dog or a shoe in the clouds, you’ve exhibited what is called pareidolia,
