The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is…

plausible (adjective):

1: superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often deceptively so
2: superficially pleasing or persuasive
3: appearing worthy of belief

Source : Merriam -Webster

Etymology : Today the word usually means “reasonable” or “believable,” but its origins lie in the sensory realm, rather than that of the mind. In fact, plausible comes to us from the Latin adjective plausibilis, meaning “worthy of applause,” which in turn derives from the verb plaudere, meaning “to applaud or clap.” Other plaudere words include applaud, plaudit (the earliest meaning of which was “a round of applause”), and explode (from the Latin explodere, meaning “to drive off the stage by clapping”).

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