He may be the youngest royal with a close line to the throne but that hasn’t stopped little Prince Louis finding favour with the masses – even those not lining up to catch a glimpse of his famous family at a traditional royal event. Over the weekend, it was the
The word for today is… vicissitude (noun): 1a: the quality or state of being changeable : mutability b: natural change or mutation visible in nature or in human affairs 2a: a favorable or unfavorable event or situation that occurs by chance : a fluctuation of state or condition b: a difficulty or
The word for today is… carouse (verb, noun): verb 1: to drink liquor freely or excessively 2: to take part in a carouse : engage in dissolute behavior noun 1: a drunken revel 2 archaic : a large draft of liquor Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Sixteenth-century English revelers toasting each other’s
The word for today is… orthography (noun): 1a: the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage b: the representation of the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols 2: a part of language study that deals with letters and spelling Source : Merriam -Webster
The word for today is… reprehensible (adjective): : worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : It may be easy to grasp that reprehensible is all about blame, but the word’s origins tell a grabbier story. The word comes from the Latin reprehendere (literally “to hold back”), a
The word for today is… gravamen (noun): : the material or significant part of a grievance or complaint Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Gravamen is not a word you hear every day (even rarer is gravamina, the less expected of its two plural forms; gravamens is the other), but it does show
righttolife.org.uk A study has found that Canada is the world leading country in organ harvesting from people who end their lives by euthanasia. According to the study, 136 people who were euthanised in Canada have donated their organs since 2019 to 2021. The figure far outweighs the other
The word for today is… beguile (verb): 1: hoodwink 2: to engage the interest of by or as if by guile 3: to lead by deception 4: to while away especially by some agreeable occupation Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : A number of English words have traveled a rather curious path
The word for today is… wistful (adjective): 1: full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy 2: musingly sad : pensive Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The etymology of wistful, while intriguing, is not entirely clear. It’s thought that the word is a combination of wistly, a now-obsolete word meaning “intently”
The word for today is… fortitude (noun): 1: strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage 2 obsolete : strength Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Fortitude comes from the Latin word fortis, meaning “strong,” and in English it has always been used primarily
The word for today is… undergird (verb): 1 archaic : to make secure underneath 2: to form the basis or foundation of : strengthen, support Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : When undergird was a new word in the 16th century, it was ships that were undergirded—that is, made secure below—and the
The word for today is… dolorous (adjective): : causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : If you’ve ever studied a Romance language, you’ve likely run into words related to Latin dolor, meaning “pain” or “grief.” Indeed, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian all refer
Alwyn Poole Alwyn Poole founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is now an in-person private school for Years 11–13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1–13. alwynpoole.substack.com
The word for today is… hackle (noun, verb): noun 1a: one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird b: the neck plumage of the domestic fowl 2: a comb or board with long metal teeth for dressing flax, hemp, or jute 3: hackles plural
The word for today is… pacify (verb): 1a: to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe b: appease, propitiate 2a: to restore to a tranquil state : settle b: to reduce to a submissive state : subdue Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Pacify is the oldest of a set of soothing words that
The word for today is… lackadaisical (adjective): : lacking life, spirit, or zest : languid Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Lackadaisical is rooted in the sort of sorrow that can put a damper on one’s passion for things. When people living from the late 17th to the late 19th century had one
