The word for today is… ethereal (adj) – Intangible; delicate; heavenly; spiritual. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : If you’re burning to know the history of ethereal, you’re in the right spirit to fully understand that word’s etymology. The ancient Greeks believed that the Earth was composed of earth,
The word for today is… clarity (noun) – 1. Clearness of appearance. 2. Clearness of thought or style; lucidity. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Circa 1300, clarte, clerte “brightness, radiance; glory, splendor,” from Old French clerte, clartet (Modern French clarté) “clarity, brightness,” from Latin claritas “brightness, splendor,” also, of sounds, “clearness;
The word for today is… chivy (verb) – 1. To vex or harass with petty attacks. 2. To manoeuvre or secure gradually. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Chivy, which is also spelled chivvy, became established in our language in the 19th century and, at first, meant “to harass or chase.” Early
The word for today is… brandish (verb) – To wave or flourish (something, often a weapon) in a menacing, defiant, or excited way. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Often when we encounter the word brandish in print, it is soon followed by a word for a weapon, such as knife or
The word for today is… totem (noun) – 1. (a) An animal, plant, or natural object serving among certain tribal or traditional peoples as the emblem of a clan or family and sometimes revered as its founder, ancestor, or guardian. (b) A representation of such an object. (c) A social group
The word for today is… smite (verb) – 1. (a) To inflict a heavy blow on, with or as if with the hand, a tool, or a weapon. (b) To drive or strike (a weapon, for example) forcefully onto or into something else. 2. To attack, damage, or destroy by or
The word for today is… satiate (verb) – 1. To satisfy (an appetite, for example) fully. 2. To provide (someone) with more than enough; glut. (adj) – (Archaic) Filled to satisfaction. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Satiate, sate, surfeit, cloy, pall, glut, and gorge all mean to fill to repletion. Satiate and
In one of the most astonishing feats of social engineering since the Soviet “New Man”, Western nations have been caught off guard by the onslaught of Marxist “transgender” ideology. But the pushback is growing, as civil society and responsible professionals marshal their arguments. Unhinged advocates, especially in positions of responsibility,
The word for today is… ransack (verb) – 1. To search through (something) thoroughly and often roughly. 2. To go through (a place) stealing valuables and causing disarray; pillage. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Ransack carries the image of a house being roughly disarranged, as might happen when you are frantically
plaintive (adj) – Expressing sorrow; mournful. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Like its relative plangent, plaintive is often used to describe sad sounds. “A plaintive wail,” for example, is a common use. Plaintive and plangent (along with relatives plaintiff and complain) ultimately derive from the Latin verb plangere, meaning “to strike,
The word for today is… passim (adverb) – Throughout or frequently; here and there. Used in textual annotation to indicate that something, such as a word or passage, occurs frequently in the work cited. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Passim is from the Latin word passus (“scattered”), itself from pandere, meaning
The word for today is… panjandrum (noun) – An important or self-important person. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Mock name for a pompous personage, 1755, invented by Samuel Foote (1720-1777) in a long passage full of nonsense written to test the memory of actor Charles Macklin (1697-1797), who said he could
The word for today is… miscible (adj) – Capable of being mixed in all proportions. Used of liquids. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Miscible isn’t simply a lesser-known synonym of mixable—it’s also a cousin. It comes to us from the Medieval Latin adjective miscibilis, which has the same
The word for today is… garniture (noun) – Something that garnishes; an embellishment. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : In Middle French, garniture meant “accessory.” It is an alteration of the Old French noun garneture, which is derived from the verb garnir, which meant “to equip, trim, or decorate.” In fact, an
The word for today is… faze (verb) – to worry or disturb. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Faze (not to be confused with phase) first appeared in English in the early 1800s—centuries after the works of Shakespeare and Chaucer were penned. But both of those authors were familiar with the
The word for today is… démarche (noun) – 1. A course of action; a manoeuvre. 2. A diplomatic representation or protest. 3. A statement or protest addressed by citizens to public authorities. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : When it comes to international diplomacy, the French may not always have the last
