The word for today is… effete (adjective): 1 : no longer fertile 2a : having lost character, vitality, or strength b : marked by weakness or decadence c : soft or delicate from or as if from a pampered existence 3 : effeminate Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Effete derives from Latin effetus, meaning “no longer
The word for today is… mordant (adjective, noun, verb): adjective 1 : biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style 2 : acting as a mordant (as in dyeing) 3 : burning, pungent noun 1 : a chemical that fixes a dye in or on a substance by combining with the dye to form
The word for today is… akimbo (adjective or adverb): 1 : having the hand on the hip and the elbow turned outward 2 : set in a bent position Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : It’s akimbo nowadays, but in Middle English, the adverbial phrase in kenebowe was used for the bent, hand-on-hip
validate (verb): 1a : to make legally valid : ratify b : to grant official sanction to by marking c : to confirm the validity of (e. g. an election) 2a : to support or corroborate on a sound or authoritative basis b : to recognize, establish, or illustrate the worthiness or legitimacy of Source : Merriam
The word for today is… eccentric (adjective, noun): adjective 1a : deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways b : deviating from an established or usual pattern or style 2a : deviating from a circular path b : located elsewhere than at the geometric center noun 1
The word for today is… carp (verb, noun): verb to find fault or complain querulously noun 1 complaint 2 : a large variable Asian soft-finned freshwater cyprinid fish (Cyprinus carpio) of sluggish waters that is often raised for food: any of various related cyprinid fishes (such as the grass carp) 2
The word for today is… postulate (verb, noun): verb 1 : demand, claim 2a : to assume or claim as true, existent, or necessary : depend upon or start from the postulate of b : to assume as a postulate or axiom (as in logic or mathematics) noun 1 : a hypothesis advanced as an
The word for today is… inscrutable (adjective): : not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Scrutinizing the inscrutable may be futile: even close scrutiny can fail to decipher it. Scrutinizing the scrutable, on the other hand, is likely to yield some understanding. All of these scrut- words have
The word for today is… recidivism (noun): : a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior, especially a relapse into criminal behavior Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The re- in recidivism is the same re- in relapse and return, and like those words recidivism is about going back:
The word for today is… aquiline (adjective): 1 : of, relating to, or resembling an eagle 2 : curving like an eagle’s beak Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Aquiline, from the Latin word meaning “eagle”, is most often used to describe a nose that has a broad curve and is slightly hooked,
The word for today is… yankee (noun): 1a : a native or inhabitant of New England b : a native or inhabitant of the northern U.S. 2 : a native or inhabitant of the U.S 3: a type headsail on a sailboat with a high-cut clew. A yankee is often used
The word for today is… teem (verb): 1a : to become filled to overflowing : abound b : to be present in large quantity 2 obsolete : to become pregnant Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Teem and team are not just homophones, they are also etymological kin. Teem comes from Old English teman or taeman,
The word for today is… apposite (adjective): : highly pertinent or appropriate Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Apposite and opposite sound so much alike that you would expect them to have a common ancestor—and they do: the Latin verb ponere, which means “to place, set.” The prefixes that we see in
The word for today is… mogul (noun): 1 : an Indian Muslim of or descended from one of several conquering groups of Mongol, Turkish, and Persian origin especially : great mogul 2 : a great personage – e.g. Hollywood mogul 3 : a bump in a ski run Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Started by
The word for today is… debunk (verb): : to expose the sham or falseness of Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : To debunk something is to take the bunk out of it—that bunk being “nonsense.” (Bunk is short for the synonymous bunkum, which has political origins – see BFD Word of the Day
The word for today is… scintillate (verb): 1 : to emit sparks 2 : to emit quick flashes as if throwing off sparks 3 : to dazzle or impress with liveliness or wit Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The initial spark of the verb scintillate was the Latin noun scintilla, meaning “spark.” The ember
