The word for today is… iconoclast (noun): 1 : a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions 2 : a person who destroys religious images or opposes their veneration Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Iconoclast comes from the Greek word eikonoklastes, which translates literally as “image destroyer.” While the destruction wrought by today’
The word for today is… legacy (noun, adjective): noun 1 : a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest 2 : something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past 3 : a candidate for membership in an organization (such as a school) who
The word for today is… waggish (adjective): 1 : resembling or characteristic of a wag 2 : done or made in waggery or for sport : humorous Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : One who is waggish acts like a wag. What, then, is a wag? It has nothing to do with a dog’s
The word for today is… sanction (noun, verb): noun 1 : a formal decree especially : an ecclesiastical decree 2a obsolete : a solemn agreement : oath b : something that makes an oath binding 3 : the detriment, loss of reward, or coercive intervention annexed to a violation of a law as a means of
The word for today is… nuance (noun): 1 : a subtle distinction or variation 2 : a subtle quality : nicety 3 : sensibility to, awareness of, or ability to express delicate shadings (as of meaning, feeling, or value) Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The history of nuance starts in Latin with the noun nubes,
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-
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)
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
