The word for today is…
paucity (noun) -
1: smallness of number : fewness
2: smallness of quantity : dearth
Source : Merriam-Webster
Etymology : Paucity refers to "littleness" in numbers (as in "a paucity of facts") or quantity ("a paucity of common sense"). The word comes from paucus, Latin for "little."
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The word for today is… dissonant (adjective) - 1: marked by dissonance : discordant 2: incongruous 3: harmonically unresolved Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : At the root of dissonant is the Latin verb sonare. Can you guess what sonare means? Here's a hint: some related words are sonata, supersonic, and resonance.
The word for today is… syzygy (noun) - : the nearly straight-line configuration of three celestial bodies (such as the sun, moon, and earth during a solar or lunar eclipse) in a gravitational system Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : At first glance, syzygy appears to be a somewhat singular member of the
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