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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-1113/
- Published: 2023-02-16T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-12-10T00:03:42.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:34

The word for today is…

solace (verb, noun):

*verb*  
1: to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console  
2a: to make cheerful  
b: amuse  
3: allay, soothe

*noun*  
1: comfort in grief : alleviation of grief or anxiety  
2: a source of relief or consolation

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solace?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology :Solace is a 14th century borrowing from Latin by way of Anglo-French. Its Latin ancestor solari means “to console.” (Solari itself is from the Greek word hilaros, meaning “cheerful”—also source, of course, of hilarious.) Solace is not related to solar (that comes from Latin sol by way of solaris), but it is a close relation of console (“to try to make (someone) feel less sadness or disappointment”) and consolation (“something that makes a person feel less sadness, disappointment, etc.”). In addition to its noun function, solace can be used as a verb (“he was solaced by the company of his children”). For those of you who take solace in knowing the more obscure members of our vast language, we are pleased to also present solacer (“one who solaces”) and solacement (“an act of solacing or the condition of being solaced”).

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