Topic: Word of the Day

Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of September 20, 2026 0



Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of September 20, 2026

September 20, 2026

Prosaic – dull

September 21, 2026

Obmnibus – a collection

September 22, 2026

Scrivener – a writer

September 23, 2026

Stanza – part of poem or song

September 24, 2026

Lexicon – a dictionary

September 25, 2026

Hyperbole – an overstatement

September 26, 2026

Elegy – a mournful poem


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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of September 13, 2026 0



Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of September 13, 2026

September 13, 2026

Gossomer – A fine, filmy material made from the cobwebs spun by tiny spiders\

September 14, 2026

Opacarophile – A person who loves sunsets

September 15, 2026

Crone – an ugly old woman.

September 16, 2026

Growlery – A place of refuge or sanctuary for use when one is in a very foul mood.

September 17, 2026

Abridged – shortened

September 18, 2026

Riffle – skim

September 19, 2026

Saga – a heroic tale


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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of September 6, 2026 0



Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of September 6, 2026

September 6, 2026

Phenakistoscope – A deceptive viewer

September 7, 2026

Sandesman – A messenger

September 8, 2026

Vampyrarchy – A parasitic group of politicians

September 9, 2026

Bibulous – Absorbent – like a sponge

September 10, 2026

Frigerifick – Denotes cooling, freezing, or cold producing

September 11, 2026

Isabelline – A grayish-yellow or parchment color

September 12, 2026

Bowgett – A small leather bag


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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of August 30, 2026 0



Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of August 30, 2026

August 30, 2026

Gimlet-eyed – A sharp sighted and inquisitive person

August 31, 2026

Mortmain – To give property to an organization

September 1, 2026

Ezel – A four legged beast of burden

September 2, 2026

Apple squire – A prostitute’s bully

September 3, 2026

Piggesnye – Term of endearment for one’s sweetheart

September 4, 2026

Forswunke – Exhausted from physical exertion

September 5, 2026

Bridelope – An old marriage custom


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



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



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



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



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



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



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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