The word for today is… paucity (noun) - 1: smallness of number : fewness 2: smallness of quantity : dearth Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Paucity refers to "littleness" in numbers (as in "a paucity of facts") or quantity ("a paucity of common sense"). The word comes from
The word for today is… nabob (noun) - 1: a provincial governor of the Mogul empire in India 2: a person of great wealth or prominence Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : In India's Mogul Empire, founded in the 16th century, provincial governors carried the Urdu title of nawāb. In 1612,
The word for today is… umami (noun, adjective) - noun : the taste sensation that is produced by several amino acids and nucleotides (such as glutamate and aspartate) and has a rich or meaty flavor characteristic of cheese, cooked meat, mushrooms, soy, and ripe tomatoes adjective : being, inducing, or marked by one
The word for today is… subtle (adjective) - 1a: pleasing to the senses in a mild or nuanced way : delicate, elusive b: difficult to understand or perceive : obscure sense 1c c: clever and indirect : disguised in purpose, also : gentle 2: having or involving keen perception or insight 3a: highly skillful : expert
The word for today is… null (adjective, noun, verb) - adjective 1: having no legal or binding force : invalid 2: amounting to nothing : nil 3: having no value : insignificant 4a: having no elements b: having zero as a limit c of a matrix : having all elements equal to zero 5a: indicating
The word for today is… crypt (noun) - 1a: a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground, especially : a vault under the main floor of a church b: a chamber in a mausoleum 2a: an anatomical pit or depression b: a simple tubular gland Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Hidden
The word for today is… quail (noun, verb) - noun : any of numerous small gallinaceous birds verb 1a chiefly dialectal : wither, decline b: to give way : falter 2: to recoil in dread or terror : cower Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Turning to the noun quail, referring to any of a number of
When I consider that so many people readily forgo the amazing experience of becoming mothers, I feel incredibly sad. There’s no career on earth that substitutes for it, and it cannot be subsidized by the state.
The word for today is… Brobdingnagian (adjective) - : marked by tremendous size Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : In Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels, Brobdingnag is the name of a land that is populated by a race of human giants "as tall as an ordinary spire steeple."
The word for today is… trammel (verb, noun) - verb 1: to catch or hold in or as if in a net : enmesh 2: to prevent or impede the free play of : confine noun 1: something impeding activity, progress, or freedom : restraint —usually used in plural 2: a net for catching
The word for today is… luminous (adjective) - 1a: emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light b: of or relating to light or to luminous flux 2: bathed in or exposed to steady light 3: clear, enlightening 4: shining, illustrious Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Luminous, like its synonyms radiant,
The word for today is… longueur (noun) - : a dull and tedious portion (as of a book) — usually used in plural Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : You've probably come across long, tedious sections of books, plays, or musical works before, but perhaps you didn't know there was a
The word for today is… The word for today is... frank (adjective, verb, noun, noun, noun) - adjective 1: marked by free, forthright, and sincere expression 2a: unmistakably evident b: clinically evident and unmistakable verb 1a: to mark (a piece of mail) with an official signature or sign indicating the right
The word for today is… anecdote (noun) - : a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : The Byzantine official Procopius wrote three historical works in Greek. In the first two, he dealt with wars and public works projects, but the third was something of
The word for today is… revanche (noun) - : revenge, especially : a usually political policy designed to recover lost territory or status Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Revanche first appeared in English in the mid-19th century, deriving, along with our noun "revenge," from the Middle French verb revenchier ("to
The word for today is… monologue (noun) - 1a: a poem, discourse, or utterance of a character in a drama that gives the illusion of being a series of unspoken reflections b: a dramatic sketch performed by one actor c: the routine of a stand-up comic 2: a literary composition
