The word for today is… matriculate (verb) - transitive verb : to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university intransitive verb : to be enrolled at a college or university Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Anybody who has had basic Latin knows that alma mater, a fancy
The word for today is… inherent (adjective) - : belonging to the basic nature of something or someone : involved in the constitution or essential character of something : intrinsic Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Inherent literally refers to something that is "stuck in" something else so firmly that they can't
The word for today is… insidious (adjective) - 1a: causing harm in a way that is gradual or not easily noticed b of a disease : developing so gradually as to be well established before becoming apparent 2a: awaiting a chance to entrap : treacherous b: harmful but enticing : seductive Source : Merriam-Webster
The word for today is… belligerent (adjective, noun) - adjective 1: inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness 2: waging war, specifically : belonging to or recognized as a state at war and protected by and subject to the laws of war noun : a nation or person at war Source
The word for today is… lout (verb, noun) - verb 1: to bow in respect 2: submit, yield noun : an awkward brutish person Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Lout belongs to a large group of words that we use to indicate a particular sort of offensive and insensitive person, that group also
The word for today is… spontaneous (adjective) - 1: proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint 2: arising from a momentary impulse 3: controlled and directed internally : self-acting 4: produced without being planted or without human labor : indigenous 5: developing or occurring without apparent external influence, force,
The word for today is… vagary (noun) - : an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Let’s say, hypothetically, that two roads diverge in a yellow wood. And (also hypothetically) sorry that you cannot travel both, you opt for the grassy one less traveled by.
The word for today is… caparison (noun, verb) - noun 1a: an ornamental covering for a horse b: decorative trappings and harness 2: rich clothing : adornment verb : to provide with or as if with a rich ornamental covering : adorn Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Caparison first embellished English in the 1500s, when
The word for today is… cult (noun) - 1: a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious, also : its body of adherents 2a: great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work (such as a film or book) b: the object of such devotion c: a usually small group of
The word for today is… incantation (noun) - : a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Incantation comes directly from the Latin word incantare, "enchant". Incantare itself has cantare as a root, which reminds us
The word for today is… truculent (adjective) - 1: aggressively self-assertive : belligerent 2: scathingly harsh : vitriolic 3: feeling or displaying ferocity : cruel, savage 4: deadly, destructive Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : English speakers adopted truculent from Latin in the mid-16th century, trimming truculentus, a form of the Latin adjective trux, meaning “savage,
The word for today is… deliquesce (verb) - 1: to dissolve or melt away 2: to become soft or liquid with age or maturity — used of some fungal structures (such as gills) Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Deliquesce comes from the prefix de- ("from, down, away") and a form of
The word for today is… parochial (adjective) - 1: of or relating to a church parish 2: of or relating to a parish as a unit of local government 3: confined or restricted as if within the borders of a parish : limited in range or scope (as to a narrow
The word for today is… clepsydra (noun) - : water clock Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : In ancient times the sun was used to measure time during the day, but sundials weren't much help after dark, so peoples around the world invented clocks that used dripping water to mark the hours.
The word for today is… diatribe (noun) - 1: a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing 2: ironic or satirical criticism 3 archaic : a prolonged discourse Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : When English speakers adopted diatribe in the late 16th century, they were glancing back at the ancients. The word
The word for today is… asperity (noun) - 1: roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger 2: rigor, severity 3a: roughness of surface : unevenness, also : a tiny projection from a surface - the asperities of the tongue b: roughness of sound
