The word for today is… quiescent (adjective) - 1: marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest 2: causing no trouble or symptoms Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : As you might expect from both its meaning and the sequence of its first four letters, quiescent shares roots with the far more common,
The word for today is… wiseacre (noun) - : one who pretends to knowledge or cleverness Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Given the spelling and definition of wiseacre, you might guess that the word was formed directly from the familiar adjective wise. And you might be wise to think so—a wiseacre, after
The word for today is… seder (noun) - : a Jewish home or community service including a ceremonial dinner held on the first or first and second evenings of the Passover in commemoration of the exodus from Egypt Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Order and ritual are very important in the seder—so
The word for today is… domicile (noun, verb) - noun 1: a dwelling place : place of residence : home 2 law: a person's fixed, permanent, and principal home for legal purposes verb law: to establish in or provide with a domicile Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Domicile traces to Latin domus,
The word for today is… apogee (noun) - 1: the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth also : the point farthest from a planet or a satellite (such as the moon) reached
The word for today is… fillip (verb, noun) - verb 1a: to suddenly and forcibly straighten (a finger curled up against the thumb) as a way of gesturing or striking b: to strike or tap by filliping 2: to project quickly by or as if by filliping 3: stimulate noun 1a:
The word for today is… adroit (adjective) - : having or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : The meaning and history of adroit is straightforward, so we’ll get right to the point. English speakers borrowed the word with its meaning from French in the mid
The word for today is… pittance (noun) - : a small portion, amount, or allowance. Also : a meager wage or remuneration Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : It's a pity when you haven't anything but a pittance. And in fact, pity and pittance share etymological roots. The Middle English word
The word for today is… nimiety (noun) - : excess, redundancy Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : There's no scarcity of English words for too much of a good thing—words like overkill, plethora, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, and preponderance, to name a few. In fact, you might just feel that nimiety itself
The word for today is… cadge (verb) - : to obtain (something) for free often by persuading or imposing on another : sponge Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Long ago, peddlers traveled the British countryside, each with a packhorse or a horse and cart—first carrying produce from rural farms to town markets, then
The word for today is… pique (verb, noun, noun) - verb 1a: to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff b: pride 2: to arouse anger or resentment in : irritate noun : a transient feeling of wounded vanity : resentment noun 1: a durable ribbed clothing fabric of cotton, rayon,
The word for today is… tontine (noun) - : a joint financial arrangement whereby the participants usually contribute equally to a prize that is awarded entirely to the participant who survives all the others Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Tontines were named after their creator, a Neapolitan banker named Lorenzo Tonti. In 1653,
The word for today is… ravenous (adjective) - 1: rapacious 2: very eager or greedy for food, satisfaction, or gratification Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Ravenous and ravishing are not synonyms, and mixing these two words may lead to potentially awkward writing or conversation. Ravenous is commonly used with the meaning “very
The word for today is… epenthesis (noun) - : the insertion or development of a sound or letter in the body of a word Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : If you say film as "FIL-um," with two syllables, you've committed epenthesis. It isn't a punishable offense-
The word for today is… comity (noun) - 1a: friendly social atmosphere : social harmony b: a loose widespread community based on common social institutions c: comity of nations d: the informal and voluntary recognition by courts of one jurisdiction of the laws and judicial decisions of another 2: avoidance of proselytizing
The word for today is… predispose (verb) - 1: to dispose in advance 2: to make susceptible Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : What exactly is someone's disposition? And is it different from a predisposition? A person's disposition is his or her usual mood or attitude. Are you typically
