The word for today is… confer (verb) - 1: to bestow from or as if from a position of superiority 2: to give (something, such as a property or characteristic) to someone or something Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Confer and consult are very closely related in meaning, and each has senses
The word for today is… mariner (noun) - : a person who navigates or assists in navigating a ship : seaman, sailor Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : In Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner, an old seaman tells of how, by shooting a friendly albatross, he had brought storms and disaster to
The word for today is… temerity (noun) - 1: unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness, recklessness 2: a rash or reckless act Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : When you're feeling saucy, there's no shortage of words in the English language you can use to describe
The word for today is… matriculate (verb) - transitive verb : to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university intransitive verb : to be enrolled at a college or university Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Anybody who has had basic Latin knows that alma mater, a fancy
The word for today is… inherent (adjective) - : belonging to the basic nature of something or someone : involved in the constitution or essential character of something : intrinsic Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Inherent literally refers to something that is "stuck in" something else so firmly that they can't
The word for today is… insidious (adjective) - 1a: causing harm in a way that is gradual or not easily noticed b of a disease : developing so gradually as to be well established before becoming apparent 2a: awaiting a chance to entrap : treacherous b: harmful but enticing : seductive Source : Merriam-Webster
The word for today is… belligerent (adjective, noun) - adjective 1: inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness 2: waging war, specifically : belonging to or recognized as a state at war and protected by and subject to the laws of war noun : a nation or person at war Source
The word for today is… lout (verb, noun) - verb 1: to bow in respect 2: submit, yield noun : an awkward brutish person Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Lout belongs to a large group of words that we use to indicate a particular sort of offensive and insensitive person, that group also
The word for today is… spontaneous (adjective) - 1: proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint 2: arising from a momentary impulse 3: controlled and directed internally : self-acting 4: produced without being planted or without human labor : indigenous 5: developing or occurring without apparent external influence, force,
The word for today is… vagary (noun) - : an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Let’s say, hypothetically, that two roads diverge in a yellow wood. And (also hypothetically) sorry that you cannot travel both, you opt for the grassy one less traveled by.
The word for today is… caparison (noun, verb) - noun 1a: an ornamental covering for a horse b: decorative trappings and harness 2: rich clothing : adornment verb : to provide with or as if with a rich ornamental covering : adorn Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Caparison first embellished English in the 1500s, when
The word for today is… cult (noun) - 1: a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious, also : its body of adherents 2a: great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work (such as a film or book) b: the object of such devotion c: a usually small group of
The word for today is… incantation (noun) - : a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Incantation comes directly from the Latin word incantare, "enchant". Incantare itself has cantare as a root, which reminds us
The word for today is… truculent (adjective) - 1: aggressively self-assertive : belligerent 2: scathingly harsh : vitriolic 3: feeling or displaying ferocity : cruel, savage 4: deadly, destructive Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : English speakers adopted truculent from Latin in the mid-16th century, trimming truculentus, a form of the Latin adjective trux, meaning “savage,
The word for today is… deliquesce (verb) - 1: to dissolve or melt away 2: to become soft or liquid with age or maturity — used of some fungal structures (such as gills) Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Deliquesce comes from the prefix de- ("from, down, away") and a form of
The word for today is… parochial (adjective) - 1: of or relating to a church parish 2: of or relating to a parish as a unit of local government 3: confined or restricted as if within the borders of a parish : limited in range or scope (as to a narrow
