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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of August 23, 2026 0

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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of August 23, 2026

August 23, 2026

Cachpule – Tennis or tennis court

August 24, 2026

Scatches – Stilts that used to be worn when walking in filthy places

August 25, 2026

Laverock – Shortened Anglo-Saxon name for that often unwelcomed herald of the dawn – the lark

August 26, 2026

Lovedayes – to reconcile a dispute by arbitration

August 27, 2026

Tonsor – One who shaved or otherwise cut hair

August 28, 2026

Flitch – A rare form of insanity in which a man imagines himself as an ox

August 29, 2026

Inkhornism – Over worked

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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of August 16, 2026 0

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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of August 16, 2026

August 16, 2026

Galligaskin – Baggy trousers worn by sailors in the 17th and 18th centuries

August 17, 2026

Baker-knee’d – A person whose knees rubbed together when they walked as if kneading dough

August 18, 2026

Quacksalver – Useless salves and accompanying treatments sold during the bubonic plague

August 19, 2026

Fixfax – A framework or pillory

August 20, 2026

Gander-moon – The month of recovery after a woman gave birth to her child

August 21, 2026

Flitterwochen – A honeymoon

August 22, 2026

Toad-eater – To do something quite unpleasant on behalf of one’s master

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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of August 9, 2026 0

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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of August 9, 2026

August 9, 2026

Gardyloo – A spirited warning cry that once preceded the emptying of slops from an upstairs window into the streets below

August 10, 2026

Scuttled-butt – The nautical equivalent of the office water cooler.

August 11, 2026

Scaramouch – A lazy, swaggering coward

August 12, 2026

Fancymonger – A person that used clever tricks to deceive others

August 13, 2026

Gleed – An ember or glowing coal

August 14, 2026

Blash – verbal nonsense or diluted ideas

August 15, 2026

Scrynne – A reinforced wooden chest

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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of August 2, 2026 0

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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of August 2, 2026

August 2, 2026

Crampon – Ice climber’s spiked footwear

August 3, 2026

Psithurism – The sound of wind in the trees

August 4, 2026

Salvor – Servant of royalty or nobles whose duty was to sample the food and drink for fear of assassination.

August 5, 2026

Grog-blossom – A drinkers red bulbous nose

August 6, 2026

Ordal – The judgement of God

August 7, 2026

Gorgayse – Elegant or fashionable

August 8, 2026

Strigil – A Roman instrument to scrape perspiration and dirt from an athlete’s body after exercise

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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of July 26, 2026 0

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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of July 26, 2026

July 26, 2026

Artic – Like the North Pole

July 27, 2026

Hibernate – Lie sleeping through the winter

July 28, 2026

Rime – Frosty coating

July 29, 2026

Tundra – Cold, treeless plain

July 30, 2026

Permafrost – Ground that stays frozen all year

July 31, 2026

Boreal – Of or located in the north

August 1, 2026

Sitzmark – Indent left in the snow by a skier falling backward

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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of July 19, 2026 0

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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of July 19, 2026

July 19, 2026

Calumny – Character attack

July 20, 2026

Beguile – Deceive

July 21, 2026

Felicity – Happiness

July 22, 2026

Sully – Defile or tarnish

July 23, 2026

Malefactor – One who commits an offense

July 24, 2026

Exhort – Urge strongly

July 25, 2026

Quintessence – Most typical example

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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of July 12, 2026 0

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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of July 12, 2026

July 12, 2026

Impetuous – Rash

July 13, 2026

Traduce – Shame using lies

July 14, 2026

Germane – Relevant

July 15, 2026

Incorporeal – Having no body

July 16, 2026

Wax – Grow larger

July 17, 2026

Wane – Grow smaller

July 18, 2026

Paragon – Example of excellence

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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of July 5, 2026 0

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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of July 5, 2026

July 5, 2026

Caudal – Taillike

July 6, 2026

Clowder – A group of cats

July 7, 2026

Zoolatry – Animal worship

July 8, 2026

Grimalkin – Old female cat

July 9, 2026

Feral – Not domesticated

July 10, 2026

Cosset – To pamper or treat as a pet

July 11, 2026

Ethology – Study of animal behaviour

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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of June 28, 2026 0

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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of June 28, 2026

June 28, 2026

Usufruct – Legal right to use

June 29, 2026

Subfusc – Drab or dusky

June 30, 2026

Durum – A type of wheat

July 1, 2026

Pung – A box shaped sleigh

July 2, 2026

Ailurophile – Lover of cats

July 3, 2026

Leporine – Of or relating to a hare

July 4, 2026

Komondor – Hungarian sheepdog

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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of June 21, 2026 0

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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of June 21, 2026

June 21, 2026

Fugu – Poisonous fish

June 22, 2026

Tub-thump – Support loudly

June 23, 2026

Mugwump – Politically independent person

June 24, 2026

Jumbuck – Australian sheep

June 25, 2026

Luff – Turn a ship to the wind

June 26, 2026

Succumbus – Female demon

June 27, 2026

Incubus – Male demon

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