The word for today is… catercorner (adverb, adjective): Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology :Catercorner gets its first element from the Middle French noun quatre, meaning “four,” which English speakers modified to cater and applied to the four-dotted side of a die—a side important in several winning combinations in dice
The word for today is… rapscallion (noun): : a person who causes trouble Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology :The word rascal has been part of English since the 15th century, but it apparently failed to fully capture the disagreeable nature of the wily knaves of yore: by the 16th century, English speakers
The word for today is… sallow (noun, adjective): noun : any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark adjective : of a greyish greenish yellow color Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology :In Oscar Wilde’s 1891 novel A Picture of Dorian Gray,
The word for today is… lycanthropy (noun): 1: a delusion that one has become a wolf 2: the assumption of the form and characteristics of a wolf held to be possible by witchcraft or magic Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology :Whether about Zeus punishing King Lycaon for trickery or a perfectly
The word for today is… trenchant (adjective): 1 : keen, sharp 2 : vigorously effective and articulate 3a : sharply perceptive b : clear-cut, distinct Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology :The word trenchant comes from the Anglo-French verb trencher, meaning “to cut,” and may ultimately derive from the Vulgar Latin trinicare, meaning “to
The word for today is… notorious (adjective): : generally known and talked of, especially widely and unfavorably known Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology :Although notorious (which comes from Latin noscere, “to come to know”) can be a synonym of famous, it’s more often a synonym of infamous, having long ago developed
The word for today is… impediment (noun): 1 : something that impedes especially : an impairment (such as a stutter or a lisp) that interferes with the proper articulation of speech 2 : a bar or hindrance (such as lack of sufficient age) to a lawful marriage Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology :Impediment comes
The word for today is… gruntle (verb): : to put in a good humour Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology :The verb disgruntle, which has been around since 1682, means “to make ill-humoured or discontented.” The prefix dis- often means “to do the opposite of,” so people might naturally assume that if
The word for today is… boycott (verb): : to engage in a concerted refusal to have dealings with (a person, a store, an organization, etc.) usually to express disapproval or to force acceptance of certain conditions Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology :In the 1870s, Irish farmers faced an agricultural crisis that threatened
The word for today is… defile (verb,noun,verb): verb 1 : to make unclean or impure: such as:- a : to corrupt the purity or perfection of b : to violate the chastity or virginity of c : to make physically unclean especially with something unpleasant or contaminating d : to violate the sanctity
The word for today is… peculiar (adjective, noun): adjective 1 : characteristic of only one person, group, or thing 2 : different from the usual or normal: a : special, particular b : odd, curious c : eccentric, unusual noun : something exempt from ordinary jurisdiction, especially a church or parish exempt from the jurisdiction of
The word for today is… sepulchre (noun, verb): noun 1 : a place of burial : tomb 2 : a receptacle for religious relics especially in an altar verb 1 archaic : to place in or as if in a sepulchre : bury 2 archaic : to serve as a sepulchre for Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology
The word for today is… genteel (adjective): 1a : having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish b : of or relating to the gentry or upper class c : elegant or graceful in manner, appearance, or shape d : free from vulgarity or rudeness : polite 2a : maintaining or striving to maintain the appearance of
The word for today is… volition (noun): 1 : the power of choosing or determining : will 2 : an act of making a choice or decision Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology :When you do something of your own volition, you do it voluntarily, which makes sense—both volition and voluntary ultimately come from
The word for today is… exorbitant (adjective): 1 : not coming within the scope of the law 2 : exceeding the customary or appropriate limits in intensity, quality, amount, or size Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology :The first use of “exorbitant” in English was “wandering or deviating from the normal or ordinary course.
The word for today is… cloying (noun): : disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess, also excessively sweet or sentimental Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology :Cloying comes from the verb cloy, which had among its earliest uses the meaning (to quote the Oxford English Dictionary) “to render [a gun] useless by driving
