The word for today is…
skullduggery (also skulduggery) (noun) – Crafty deception or trickery or an instance of it.
Source : The Free Dictionary
Etymology : also sculduddery, “fornication,” 1713
1856, apparently an alteration of Scottish sculdudrie “adultery” (1713), sculduddery “bawdry, obscenity” (1821), a euphemism of uncertain origin.
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The word for today is… valuable (adjective, noun) - adjective 1a: having monetary value b: worth a good price 2a: having desirable or esteemed characteristics or qualities b: of great use or service noun : a usually personal possession (such as jewelry) of relatively great monetary value — usually used in plural
The word for today is… perfervid (adjective) - : marked by overwrought or exaggerated emotion : excessively fervent Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : The adjectives "fervent," "fervid," and "perfervid" all derive from the Latin verb fervēre, meaning "to boil," and suggest a bubbling up of intense
The word for today is… affable (adjective) - 1: being pleasant and at ease in talking to others 2: characterized by ease and friendliness Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : One of the peculiarities of the English language is that ungendered words (especially nouns) may occasionally take gendered pronouns or modifiers. A ship,
The word for today is… millennium (noun) - 1a: the thousand years mentioned in the book of Revelation in the Christian Bible during which holiness is to prevail and Christ is to reign on earth b: a period of great happiness or human perfection 2a: a period of 1000 years,
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