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The word for today is… wiseacre (noun) - : one who pretends to knowledge or cleverness Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Given the spelling and definition of wiseacre, you might guess that the word was formed directly from the familiar adjective wise. And you might be wise to think so—a wiseacre, after
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… seder (noun) - : a Jewish home or community service including a ceremonial dinner held on the first or first and second evenings of the Passover in commemoration of the exodus from Egypt Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Order and ritual are very important in the seder—so
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The word for today is… domicile (noun, verb) - noun 1: a dwelling place : place of residence : home 2 law: a person's fixed, permanent, and principal home for legal purposes verb law: to establish in or provide with a domicile Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Domicile traces to Latin domus,
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… apogee (noun) - 1: the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth also : the point farthest from a planet or a satellite (such as the moon)
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The word for today is… wiseacre (noun) - : one who pretends to knowledge or cleverness Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Given the spelling and definition of wiseacre, you might guess that the word was formed directly from the familiar adjective wise. And you might be wise to think so—a wiseacre, after