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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-925/
- Published: 2022-08-11T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-06-07T22:14:54.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 23:04

The word for today is…

perfunctory (adjective):

1 : characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical  
2 : lacking in interest or enthusiasm

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

Etymology : A perfunctory explanation of the origins of perfunctory would be this: it comes from Latin. Borrowed in the late 16th century, the word is specifically from the Late Latin perfunctorius, meaning “done in a careless or superficial manner.” Perfunctorius ultimately comes from two Latin sources, per-, meaning “through,” and fungi, meaning “to perform.” Fungi is also a source to such words as function, defunct, and fungible, but not to fungus; that word is also from Latin, but it is most likely a modification of the Greek word spongos, meaning “sponge.”

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