The word for today is… griot (noun): : any of a class of musician-entertainers of western Africa whose performances include tribal histories and genealogies, broadly : storyteller Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : In many West African countries, the role of cultural guardian is maintained, as it has been for centuries, by griots. Griot—
The word for today is… sanguine (adjective, noun): adjective 1: marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic 2: bloodred 3a: consisting of or relating to blood b: bloodthirsty, sanguinary c: accompanied by, involving, or relating to bloodshed : bloody d: of the complexion : ruddy 4: having blood as the predominating bodily humor
The word for today is… stringent (adjective): 1: tight, constricted 2: marked by rigor, strictness, or severity especially with regard to rule or standard 3: marked by money scarcity and credit strictness Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Words that are synonymous with stringent include rigid, which implies uncompromising inflexibility ("rigid
The word for today is… enhance (verb): 1: heighten, increase, especially : to increase or improve in value, quality, desirability, or attractiveness 2 obsolete : raise Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : When enhance was borrowed into English in the 13th century, it literally meant to raise something higher. That sense, though now obsolete,
The word for today is… subterfuge (noun): 1: deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade 2: a deceptive device or stratagem Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Though subterfuge is a synonym of deception, fraud, double-dealing, and trickery, there's nothing tricky about the word'
The word for today is… funicular (adjective, noun): adjective : having the form of or associated with a cord usually under tension noun : a cable railway ascending a mountain, especially : one in which an ascending car counterbalances a descending car Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : You may have fun on a funicular,
The word for today is… simpatico (adjective): 1: agreeable, likable 2: having shared qualities, interests, etc. : like-minded, sympathetic Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Simpatico, which comes ultimately from the Latin noun sympathia, meaning “sympathy,” was borrowed into English from both the Italian simpatico and Spanish simpatico. In those languages, the word
The word for today is… kvell (verb): : to be extraordinarily proud : rejoice Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Kvell comes from Yiddish kveln, meaning "to be delighted," which, in turn, comes from the Middle High German word quellen, meaning "to well, gush, or swell." Yiddish has been a
The word for today is… deracinate (verb): 1: uproot 2: to remove or separate from a native environment or culture, especially : to remove the racial or ethnic characteristics or influences from Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : There is a hint about the roots of deracinate in its first definition. Deracinate was
The word for today is… purgatory (noun): 1: an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification, specifically : a place or state of punishment wherein according to Roman Catholic doctrine the souls of those who die in God's grace may make satisfaction for past sins and so become fit
The word for today is… forensic (adjective, noun): adjective 1: belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate 2: argumentative, rhetorical 3: relating to or dealing with the application of scientific knowledge to legal problems noun 1: an argumentative exercise 2 forensics
The word for today is… reprobate (noun, adjective, verb): noun : an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel, rogue adjective 1a: morally corrupt : depraved b: foreordained to damnation 2: of, relating to, or characteristic of a reprobate 3: expressing or involving reprobation 4 archaic : rejected as worthless or not standing a test
The word for today is… enmity (noun): : positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Enmity and its synonyms "hostility," animosity, and animus all indicate deep-seated dislike or ill will. Enmity (which derives from an Anglo-French word meaning "enemy") suggests true
The word for today is… persnickety (adjective): 1a: fussy about small details : fastidious b: having the characteristics of a snob 2: requiring great precision Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Persnickety people like things neat and tidy, but the etymology of persnickety doesn't provide the kind of clean, clear explanation
The word for today is… caper (noun, verb, noun): noun 1a: an illegal or questionable act or escapade b: an amusing movie or story about such an act or escapade 2: a capricious escapade : prank 3: a frolicsome leap verb : to leap or prance about in a playful manner noun
The word for today is… incisive (adjective): : impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : An incisive person doesn’t hem and haw—they get straight to the point. The original meaning of incisive, from around 1600, was "having a cutting edge or piercing
