The word for today is… kith (noun): : familiar friends, neighbors, or relatives Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : If you’d used the word kith a thousand years ago, you might have been referring to knowledge, or to a homeland, or possibly to your neighbours and acquaintances. While those first two meanings
The word for today is… tactile (adjective): 1: perceptible by touch : tangible 2: of, relating to, or being the sense of touch Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Tactile has many relatives in English, from the oft-synonymous tangible to familiar words like intact, tact, tangent, contingent, and even entire. All of
The word for today is… lacuna (noun): 1: a blank space or a missing part 2: a small cavity, pit, or discontinuity in an anatomical structure Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : If you find yourself drawing a blank when it comes to the definition of lacuna, it might help to imagine
The word for today is… gallivant (verb): 1 informal : to travel, roam, or move about for pleasure 2 dated, informal : to go about usually ostentatiously or indiscreetly with members of the opposite sex Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Back in the 14th century, gallant, a noun borrowed from the French word
The word for today is… divulge (verb): 1: to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) 2 archaic : to make public : proclaim Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Information divulged is typically secret, or known only to insiders, and it isn’t usually shouted from the rooftops. But when divulge
The word for today is… eradicate (verb): 1: to do away with as completely as if by pulling up by the roots 2: to pull up by the roots Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Given that eradicate first meant “to pull up by the roots,” it’s not surprising that the
The word for today is… factotum (noun): 1: a person having many diverse activities or responsibilities 2: a general servant Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : “Do everything!” That’s a tall order, but it is exactly what a factotum is expected to do. It’s also a literal translation of the
The word for today is… ingratiate (verb): : to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort —usually used with with Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : When you ingratiate yourself, you put yourself in someone’s good graces in order to gain their approval or favor. While the word ingratiate does
The word for today is… cahoot (noun): plural cahoots – informal : partnership, league – usually used in plural – usually used in phrase like in cahoots to describe people or groups working together or making plans together in secret Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Cahoot is used almost exclusively in the phrase “in cahoots,
The word for today is… laudable (adjective): : worthy of praise : commendable Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Laudable comes ultimately from Latin laud- or laus, meaning “praise,” as does laudatory. However, the two differ in meaning, and usage commentators warn against using them interchangeably. Laudable means “deserving praise” or “praiseworthy,” as in
The word for today is… vindicate (verb): 1a: to free from allegation or blame b(1): confirm, substantiate (2): to provide justification or defense for : justify c: to protect from attack or encroachment : defend 2: avenge 3: to maintain a right to 4 obsolete : to set free : deliver Source : Merriam
The word for today is… proxy (noun): 1: the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another 2a: authority or power to act for another b: a document giving such authority specifically : a power of attorney authorizing a specified person to vote corporate stock
The word for today is… contretemps (noun): 1: an inopportune or embarrassing occurrence or situation 2: dispute, argument Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : When contretemps first appeared in English in the 1600s, it did so in the context of fencing: a contretemps was a thrust or pass made at the wrong
The word for today is… fresco (noun) 1: the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments 2: a painting executed in fresco Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Fresco is an ancient art, used as early as the Minoan civilization on Crete, but it reached the
The word for today is… stultify (verb): 1a: to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on b: to impair, invalidate, or make ineffective : negate 2: to cause to appear or be stupid, foolish, or absurdly illogical 3 archaic : to allege or prove to be of unsound mind and hence not
The word for today is… foray (noun, verb): noun 1: a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid 2: an initial and often tentative attempt to do something in a new or different field or area of activity verb 1: to make a raid or brief
