Word of the Day – Regicide
REGICIDE – (noun.): (1) one who kills, murders, or shares overt responsibility (as by acting as judge or executioner) for the death of a king especially t...
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Words of the Day – Solipsism and Neologism
Solipsism and neologism are two words that, every so often, I read in a book, look up in the dictionary, nod sagaciously at the definition … and then...
Word of the Day – Ebullition
EBULLITION – (noun.): (1) a sudden violent outburst or display (2) the act, process, or state of boiling or bubbling up USING EBULLITION IN A SENTENCE Aft...
Word of the Day – Rubicund
RUBICUND – (adj.): inclining to redness : RUDDY, RED USING RUBICUND IN A SENTENCE Elsa, normally rubicund and smiling, was stark white...
Word of the Day: Risible
According to Merriam-Webster, risible means: Deserving to be laughed at; very silly or unreasonable Christoper Hitchens wrote: I can never quite decide whether ...
Word of the Day: Transmogrify
According to Merriam-Webster, transmogrify means: to change or alter greatly and often with grotesque or humorous effect Ayelet Waldman wrote: As a novelist, I ...
Word of the Day: Gallicism
According to Merriam-Webster, a Gallicism is: a characteristic French idiom or expression appearing in another language. a French trait. I might use the word Ga...
Word of the Day: Effluvium
According to Merriam-Webster, effluvium means: an invisible emanation, especially, an offensive exhalation or smell. a by-product especially in the form of wast...
Word of the Day: Tendentious
According to Merriam-Webster, tendentious means: Strongly favoring a particular point of view in a way that may cause argument. Expressing a strong opinion. I m...
Word of the Day: Tenebrous
According to Merriam-Webster, tenebrous means: shut off from the light (dark or murky) hard to understand, obscure causing gloom I might use the word tenebrous ...