The word for today is… esoteric (adjective): 1a: designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone b: requiring or exhibiting knowledge that is restricted to a small group 2a: limited to a small circle b: private, confidential 3: of special, rare, or unusual interest Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The
The word for today is… transmute (verb): 1: to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form 2: to subject (something, such as an element) to transmutation Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Transmutation changes something over into something else. Thus, a writer may transmute his
The word for today is… sedulous (adjective): 1: involving or accomplished with careful perseverance 2: diligent in application or pursuit Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The word sedulous ultimately comes from Latin se dolus, which literally means "without guile." Those two words were eventually melded into one, sedulo, meaning
The word for today is… fete (noun, verb): noun 1: festival 2a: a lavish often outdoor entertainment b: a large elaborate party verb 1: to honour or commemorate with a fete 2: to pay high honour to Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Fete is a word that has been around since
The word for today is… kamikaze (noun, adjective): noun 1: a member of a Japanese air attack corps in World War II assigned to make a suicidal crash on a target (such as a ship) 2: an aeroplane containing explosives to be flown in a suicide crash on a target
The word for today is… voyeur (noun): 1a: someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts broadly : someone who habitually seeks sexual stimulation by visual means b: a person who commits the crime of voyeurism 2: a prying observer
The word for today is… pernicious (adjective): 1: highly injurious or destructive : deadly 2 archaic : wicked Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Few would choose to be associated with people or things that are insidious, sinister, or pernicious; all three of these words have decidedly unpleasant meanings, each with its own particular
The word for today is… convoke (verb): : to call together to a meeting Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The Latin noun vox ("voice") and verb vocare ("to call") have given rise to many English words, including convoke. Other English descendants of those roots are usually spelled with
The word for today is… obtuse (adjective): 1a: not pointed or acute : blunt b (1) of an angle : exceeding 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees (2): having an obtuse angle c of a leaf : rounded at the free end 2a: lacking sharpness or quickness of sensibility or intellect : insensitive,
The word for today is… chutzpah (noun): : supreme self-confidence : nerve, gall Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The word chutzpah has been boldly circulating through English since the mid-1800s. It comes from the Yiddish word khutspe, which comes in turn from the Hebrew word ḥuṣpāh. The ch in chutzpah indicates
The word for today is… brachiate (verb): : to progress by swinging from hold to hold by the arms Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Certain members of the ape family, such as the gibbon, have the ability to propel themselves by grasping hold of an overhead tree branch (or other projection) and
The word for today is… ecstatic (adjective, noun): adjective : of, relating to, or marked by ecstasy noun : one that is subject to ecstasies Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Ecstatic has been used in English since the late 1500s, arriving (via Medieval Latin) from the Greek adjective ekstatikós meaning, among other things
The word for today is… genre (noun): 1: a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content 2: kind, sort 3: painting that depicts scenes or events from everyday life usually realistically Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Genre, as you might guess from the
The word for today is… malapropism (noun): : the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase especially : the use of a word sounding somewhat like the one intended but ludicrously wrong in the context Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Mrs. Malaprop, a character in Richard Sheridan's
The word for today is… presage (noun, verb): noun 1: something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen 2: an intuition or feeling of what is going to happen in the future 3 archaic : prognostication 4: warning or indication of the future verb 1: to give an omen or
The word for today is… somnolent (adjective): 1: of a kind likely to induce sleep 2: inclined to or heavy with sleep : drowsy Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Somnolent first appeared in the late 15th century in the redundant phrase "somnolent sleep." It came into English by way of
