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# The Good Oil Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-373/
- Published: 2025-08-16T18:15:57.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-16T18:15:56.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, Word of the Day

The word for today is…

tantalise (verb):

: to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach

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

Etymology : Pity poor King Tantalus of Lydia. The mythic monarch offended the ancient Greek gods, and was sentenced, according to Homer's Odyssey, to suffer in Hades the following punishment: to stand neck-deep in water, beneath overhanging boughs of a tree heavily laden with ripe, juicy fruit. But though he was always hungry and thirsty, Tantalus could neither drink the water nor eat the fruit: anytime he moved to get them, they would retreat from his reach. Our word tantalise is taken from the name of the eternally tormented king.

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