The word for today is… Gnosticism (noun) – The doctrines of various religious sects flourishing especially in the 2nd and 3rd centuries ad in the Near East, teaching that the material world is the imperfect creation of a subordinate power or powers rather than of the perfect and unknowable Divine Being,
The word for today is… fantod (noun) – 1. (fantods) (a) A state of nervous irritability. (b) Nervous movements caused by tension. 2. An outburst of emotion; a fit. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : “You have got strong symptoms of the fantods; your skin is so tight you can’t shut
The word for today is… epistemological (noun) – The branch of philosophy that examines the nature of knowledge, its presuppositions and foundations, and its extent and validity. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : “Theory of knowledge,” 1856, coined by Scottish philosopher James F. Ferrier (1808-1864) from Greek episteme “knowledge, acquaintance with
The word for today is… gullible (adj) – Easily deceived or duped. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Don’t fall for anyone who tries to convince you that gullible isn’t entered in the dictionary. It’s right there, along with the run-on entries gullibility and gullibly. All three words
The word for today is… ecstatic (adj) – 1. Marked by or expressing ecstasy. 2. Being in a state of ecstasy; joyful or enraptured. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Ecstatic has been used in our language since the late 16th century, and the noun ecstasy is even older, dating from the
The word for today is… propitious (adj) – 1. Presenting favorable circumstances or showing signs of a favourable outcome; auspicious. 2. Merciful or kindly. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Propitious, which comes to us through Middle English from the Latin word propitius, is a synonym of favorable and auspicious. All three
The word for today is… resurrection (noun) – 1. (a) The act of restoring a dead person, for example, to life. (b) The condition of having been restored to life. 2. Resurrection (Christianity) (a) The return of Jesus to life on the third day after the Crucifixion. (b) The restoration of
The word for today is… inexorable (adj) – 1. Impossible to stop, alter, or resist; inevitable: an inexorable fate. 2. Not capable of being persuaded by entreaty; relentless. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : The Latin antecedent of inexorable is inexorabilis, which is itself a combination of the prefix in-, meaning “not,
The word for today is… writhe (verb) – 1. To make twisting bodily movements, as in pain or struggle. 2. To move with a twisting or contorted motion. 3. To suffer emotional or physical distress, as from embarrassment or anguish. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Writhe wound its way into English
The word for today is… logy (adj) – Characterised by lethargy; sluggish. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Based on surface resemblance, you might guess that logy (also sometimes spelled loggy) is related to groggy, but that’s not the case. Groggy ultimately comes from “Old Grog,” the nickname of an English
The word for today is… resuscitate (verb) – 1. To restore consciousness or other signs of life to (one who appears dead). 2. To restore to use, activity, vigor, or notice; reinvigorate:. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : The 16th century was a good one for words ending in the suffix -ate.
The word for today is… hypermnesia (noun) – Exceptionally exact or vivid memory, especially as associated with certain mental illnesses. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Perhaps the most famous individual to exhibit hypermnesia was a Russian man known as “S,” whose amazing photographic memory was studied for 30 years by a
The word for today is… trivial (adj) – 1. Of little significance or value. 2. Concerned with or involving unimportant matters; superficial. 3. (Mathematics) (a) Of, relating to, or being the solution of an equation in which every variable is equal to zero. (b) Of, relating to, or being the simplest
The word for today is… shard (noun) – 1. A broken piece or fragment, as of pottery or glass. 2. (Zoology) A tough scale or covering, such as the elytron of a beetle. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Shard dates back to Old English (where it was spelled sceard), and it
The word for today is… reverberate (verb) – 1. To resound in a succession of echoes; reecho: See Synonyms at echo. 2. To be filled with loud or echoing sound. 3. To have a prolonged or continuing effect. 4. To be repeatedly reflected, as sound waves, heat, or light. Source : The
