The word for today is… chivy (verb): 1: to tease or annoy with persistent petty attacks 2: to move or obtain by small maneuvers Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Chivy became established in our language in the 19th century and, at first, meant "to harass or chase." Early usage
The word for today is… raddled (adjective): 1: being in a state of confusion : lacking composure 2: broken-down, worn Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The origin of raddled is unclear. Its participial form suggests verbal parentage, and indeed there is a verb raddle just a few decades older than raddled that
The word for today is… labile (adjective): 1: readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable 2: readily open to change Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Labile was borrowed into English from French and can be traced back (by way of Middle French labile, meaning "prone
The word for today is… pertinacious (adjective): 1a: adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design b: perversely persistent 2: stubbornly tenacious Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Remove the first syllable of pertinacious and say what remains out loud: you'll hear something that sounds a lot like the word
The word for today is… Sisyphean (adjective): : of, relating to, or suggestive of the labors of Sisyphus, specifically requiring continual and often ineffective effort Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was a king who annoyed the gods with his trickery. As a consequence, he was condemned for eternity
The word for today is… armistice (noun): : temporary stopping of open acts of warfare by agreement between the opponents : truce Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Armistice descends from Latin sistere, meaning "to come to a stand" or "to cause to stand or stop," combined with arma, meaning
The word for today is… misogynoir (noun): : hatred of, aversion to, or prejudice against Black women Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Blend of misogyny and French noir "black" (going back to Old French neir, going back to Latin nigr-, niger, of obscure origin). Coinage of the word is credited
The word for today is… recrudescence (noun): : a new outbreak after a period of abatement or inactivity : renewal Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Recrudescence comes from the Latin verb recrudescere, meaning “to become raw again” (used, for example, of wounds). Ultimately, it can be traced back to the Latin word crudus,
The word for today is… a cappella (adverb or adjective): : without instrumental accompaniment Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : A cappella arrived in English from Italian sometime around the late-18th century. In Italian, a cappella means "in chapel or choir style." Cappella is the Italian word for "chapel"
The word for today is… psephology (noun): Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Psephology is from the Greek word psēphos, meaning "pebble." (One relative of psephology is psephomancy, meaning "divination by pebbles.") Psephology merited election as the name for the work of analysts of elections, or psephologists, because
The word for today is… amalgamate (verb): : to unite in or as if in an amalgam Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The noun amalgam derives, by way of Middle French, from Medieval Latin amalgama. It was first used in the 15th century with the meaning "a mixture of mercury and
The word for today is… cursory (adjective): : rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Cursory and its synonyms superficial and shallow all mean "lacking in depth or care"—but these words are not used in exactly the same way in all cases. Cursory,
The word for today is… macabre (adjective): 1: having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death 2: dwelling on the gruesome 3: tending to produce horror in a beholder Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : We trace the origins of macabre to the name of the Book
The word for today is… hatching (noun): : the engraving or drawing of fine lines in close proximity especially to give an effect of shading also : the pattern so made Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Hatching refers to the drawing or engraving of lines close together as a method of shading. The
The word for today is… hallowed (adjective): Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Hallowed is the past participle of the verb hallow, a term that descends from the Middle English halowen. That word can be traced back to the Old English adjective hālig, meaning "holy." During the Middle Ages, All
The word for today is… syncretism (noun): 1: the combination of different forms of belief or practice 2: the fusion of two or more originally different inflectional forms Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The ancient Greeks mainly used the term synkrētismos to describe the joining together of Greeks in opposition to
