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# The Good Oil Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-233/
- Published: 2025-03-25T17:15:15.000Z
- Updated: 2025-03-25T17:22:46.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, Word of the Day

The word for today is…

meld (verb, noun, verb, noun):

*verb (1)*

*transitive verb*  
: to declare or announce (a card or combination of cards) for a score in a card game especially by placing face up on the table

*intransitive verb*  
: to declare a card or combination of cards as a meld

*noun (1)*  
: a card or combination of cards that is or can be melded in a card game

*verb (2)*  
: merge, blend

*noun (2)*  
: blend, mixture

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

Etymology : As a verb used when things are blending or being blended together, meld dates only to the first half of the 20th century. In its early days, the word attracted some unfavorable attention. Those who didn't like it tended to perceive it as a misuse of an older meld meaning "to declare or announce (a card or cards) for a score in a card game" (such as pinochle or gin rummy). But the more recent meld, a blend of melt and weld, was an entirely new coinage suggesting a smooth and thorough blending of two or more things into a single, homogeneous whole. The word is no longer controversial

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