The word for today is… balkanize (verb) – 1. To divide (a region or territory) into small, often hostile units. 2. To divide (an organization or system) into small, incompatible units. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : The Balkan Peninsula of southeastern Europe is lapped by the Adriatic Sea in the west
The word for today is… aggregate (noun) – 1. A total considered with reference to its constituent parts; a gross amount. 2. The mineral materials, such as sand or stone, used in making concrete. (adj) – 1. Constituting or amounting to a whole; total. 2. ()Botany Crowded or massed into a dense
The word for today is… whinge (verb) – To complain or protest, especially in an annoying or persistent manner. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Whinge isn’t a simple spelling variant of whine. Whinge and whine are actually entirely different words with separate histories. Whine traces to an Old English verb,
The word for today is… mawkish (adj) – 1. Excessively and objectionably sentimental. 2. Archaic Having a sickening taste. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : 1660s, “sickly, nauseated” (a sense now obsolete), from Middle English mawke “maggot” (early 15th century; see maggot), but the literal sense of “maggoty” is not found. Figurative
The word for today is… maggot (noun) – 1. The legless, soft-bodied, wormlike larva of any of various dipteran flies, often found in decaying matter. 2. (Slang) A despicable person. 3. (Archaic) An extravagant notion; a whim. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : The worm or grub of various insects (especially
* The word for today is… undergird (verb) – To support or strengthen from beneath. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : The English verb gird means, among other things, “to encircle or bind with a flexible band.” When undergird first entered English in the 16th century, it meant “to make secure underneath,” as
The word for today is… motley (adj) – 1. Having elements of great variety or incongruity; heterogeneous. 2. Having many colours; variegated; parti-colored. (noun) – 1. The parti-colored attire of a court jester. 2. A heterogeneous, often incongruous mixture of elements. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Motley made its debut
The word for today is… phalanx (noun) – 1. A compact or close-knit body of people. 2. A formation of infantry carrying overlapping shields and long spears, developed by Philip II of Macedon and used by Alexander the Great. 3. (pl. phalanges Anatomy) A bone of a finger or toe.
The word for today is… phalanstery (noun) – 1. (a) A self-sustaining cooperative community of the followers of Fourierism. Also called phalanx. (b) The buildings in such a community. 2. An association resembling a Fourierist phalanstery. Fourierism : A system for social reform advocated by Charles Fourier in the early 1800s,
The word for today is… sanguine (noun) – 1. (a) Cheerfully confident; optimistic. (b) At ease; accepting. 2. (Archaic) (a) Having blood as the dominant humour in terms of medieval physiology. (b) Having the temperament and ruddy complexion formerly thought to be characteristic of a person dominated by this humour; passionate.
The word for today is… luftmensch (noun) – A person unconcerned with the practicalities of earning a living. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Are you one of those people who always seem to have their head in the clouds? Do you have trouble getting down to the lowly business of earning
The word for today is… importune (verb) – 1. To make an earnest request of (someone), especially insistently or repeatedly. 2. (Archaic) (a) To ask for (something) urgently or repeatedly. (b) To annoy; vex. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Importune has many synonyms—including beg, entreat, beseech, and implore. Beg suggests
If you think your son really is a boy, or your daughter a girl, you’re the worst bigot on the planet. It’s “science”. At least, according to a so-called “social scientist” – only slightly more scientific than voodoo. In fact, parents who refuse to bow to the sleazy
The word for today is… evince (verb) – To show or demonstrate clearly; manifest. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Let us conquer any uncertainty you may have about the history of evince. It derives from Latin evincere, meaning “to vanquish” or “to win a point,” and can be further traced to
The word for today is… clarion (adj) – Loud and clear: a clarion call to resistance. (noun) – (Music) 1. A medieval trumpet with a shrill clear tone. 2. The sound of this instrument or a sound resembling it. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : In the Middle Ages, clarion was a noun,
The word for today is… bildungsroman (noun) – A novel whose principal subject is the moral, psychological, and intellectual development of a usually youthful main character. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Bildungsroman is the combination of two German words: Bildung, meaning “education,” and Roman, meaning “novel.” Fittingly, a bildungsroman is a
