11 KiB
11 KiB
| 1 | 4/5/2022 | bridegome | ˈbriːdɡoːmə | Noun | A bridegroom; a man recently married or to be married. | God as Christendom’s partner. | |||||
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| 2 | 4/6/2022 | enfeoff | ɛnˈfɛf | Verb | To transfer a fief to, to endow with a fief; to put in legal possession of a freehold interest. | To give up completely; to surrender, to yield. | |||||
| 3 | 4/7/2022 | soi-disant | ˌswɑːdɪˈzɑːn | Adjective | Self-styled; self-proclaimed. | ||||||
| 4 | 4/8/2022 | funambulist | fjuːˈnæmbjʊlɪst | Noun | A tightrope walker or a similar performer on a slack rope. | ||||||
| 5 | 4/9/2022 | hodiernal | ˌhoʊdiˈɝnəl | Adjective | Of or pertaining to the present day or today; hodiern. | ||||||
| 6 | 4/10/2022 | effluvium | ɨˈfluːvi.əm | Noun | A gaseous or vaporous emission, especially a foul-smelling one. | A condition causing the shedding of hair. | |||||
| 7 | 4/11/2022 | merlon | ˈmɝlən | Noun | Any of the upright projections between the embrasures of a battlement, originally for archers to shield behind while shooting arrows over the embrasures, or through loopholes in the merlons. | ||||||
| 8 | 4/12/2022 | cosmogony | kɑːzˈmɑːɡəni | Noun | The study of the origin, and sometimes the development, of the universe or the solar system, in astrophysics, religion, and other fields. | Any specific theory, model, myth, or other account of the origin of the universe. | The creation of the universe. | ||||
| 9 | 4/13/2022 | hexameron | hɛkˈsæmɝən | Noun | The six days in which God created the world according to the biblical creation story. | ||||||
| 10 | 4/14/2022 | machicolation | məˌtʃɪkəˈleɪʃən | Noun | An opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building from which missiles can be shot or heated items dropped upon assailants attacking the base of the walls. | A projecting parapet with a series of such openings. | |||||
| 11 | 4/15/2022 | cheesewright | ˈtʃiːzɹaɪt | Noun | A cheesemaker. | ||||||
| 12 | 4/16/2022 | vernal | ˈvɝnəl | Adjective | Pertaining to or occurring in spring. | Having characteristics like spring; fresh, young, youthful. | |||||
| 13 | 4/17/2022 | apotropaic | ˌæpətɹəˈpeɪ.ɪk | Adjective | Intended to ward off evil. | Noun | An agent intended to ward off evil. | ||||
| 14 | 4/18/2022 | POETS day | ˈpoʊɪts deɪ | Noun | Piss Off (or Push Off) Early, Tomorrow’s Saturday. | i.e., Friday, the last day of the working week. | |||||
| 15 | 4/19/2022 | autogolpe | ˈɑːtoʊɡɔlpə | Noun | A coup d’état in which a nation’s leader, despite having come to power through legal means, dissolves or renders powerless the national legislature and unlawfully assumes extraordinary powers. | ||||||
| 16 | 4/20/2022 | bildungsroman | ˈbɪl.dʊŋzˌɹoʊ.mən | Noun | A novel tracing the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the main character, usually from childhood to maturity. | ||||||
| 17 | 4/21/2022 | dilettante | ˈdɪlɪˌtɑnt | Noun | An amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest. | ||||||
| 18 | 4/22/2022 | sodality | soʊˈdæl.ɪ.ti | Noun | A fraternity, a society or association. | Spiritual communion with a divine being, a fellowship. | |||||
| 19 | 4/23/2022 | lenticular | lɛnˈtɪk.jʊ.lɚ | Adjective | Of or pertaining to a lens. | Shaped like a biconvex lens. | Relating to a lenticular image. | ||||
| 20 | 4/24/2022 | toilet | ˈtɔɪ.lət | Noun | A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a dressing table in a chamber or dressing room. | The table covered by such a cloth; a dressing table. | Personal grooming; the process of washing, dressing and arranging the hair. | One’s style of dressing: dress, outfit. | A dressing room. | Verb | To dress and groom oneself. |
| 21 | 4/25/2022 | disponible | dɪˈspɑːnsəbl̩ | Adjective | Available. (Generally an error made by non-native speakers. Available is about 3,000 times more common.) | ||||||
| 22 | 4/26/2022 | miasma | miˈæzmə | Noun | A noxious atmosphere or emanation once thought to originate from swamps and waste, and to cause disease. | A noxious atmosphere or influence, an ominous environment. | |||||
| 23 | 4/27/2022 | aetiology | ɛtiːˈɑːlədʒi | Noun | The establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something. | The study of causes or causation. | The study or investigation of the causes of disease; a scientific explanation for the origin of a disease. | A cause of disease or of any particular case of a disease. | |||
| 24 | 4/28/2022 | emic | ˈiːmɪk | Adjective | Of or pertaining to the analysis of a cultural system or its features from the perspective of a participant in that culture. | ||||||
| 25 | 4/29/2022 | etic | ˈɛtɪk | Adjective | Of or pertaining to analysis of a culture from a perspective situated outside all cultures. | ||||||
| 26 | 4/30/2022 | efflux | ˈɛflʌks | Noun | The process of flowing out. | That which has flowed out. | |||||
| 27 | 5/1/2022 | inflood | ˈinˌflʌd | Noun | The act or process of flooding or flowing in; an inflow or influx. | Verb | Of a river, water, etc.: to flood or flow into (a place). | To flood or flow in; to inflow. | |||
| 28 | 5/2/2022 | glade | ɡleɪd | Noun | An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest. | An everglade. | An open space in the ice on a river or lake. | A bright surface of ice or snow. | A gleam of light. | A bright patch of sky; the bright space between clouds. | |
| 29 | 5/3/2022 | laund | lɔːnd | Noun | A grassy plain or pasture, especially surrounded by woodland; a glade. | ||||||
| 30 | 5/4/2022 | etaoin shrdlu | ˈɛtəɔɪn ˈʃɚdluː | Noun | Nonsense, filler text, or an example of accidental typing. | ||||||
| 31 | 5/5/2022 | Batavo- | bəˈtɑːvo | Prefix | Relating to the Netherlands or the Dutch people, language, or culture. | ||||||
| 32 | 5/6/2022 | dehiscent | dɪˈhɪsənt | Adjective | (Of a pod or wound) characterized by splitting or bursting open. | ||||||
| 33 | 5/7/2022 | repast | ɹɪˈpæst | Noun | A meal. | A period of refreshment or rest. | Food or drink that may be consumed as a meal. | Something that is intellectually or spiritually nourishing. | The consumption of food; also, refreshment obtained from eating; refreshment; rest. | ||
| 34 | 5/8/2022 | desuetude | dəˈsuːəˌtuːd | Noun | The state when something (for example, a custom or a law) is no longer observed nor practised; disuse, obsolescence. | A cessation of practising or using something. | |||||
| 35 | 5/9/2022 | hecatomb | ˈhɛkətoʊm | Noun | A great feast and public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen. | Any great sacrifice; a great number of people, animals or things, especially as sacrificed or destroyed; a large amount. | |||||
| 36 | 5/10/2022 | word salad | wɝd ˈsæləd | Noun | A nonsensical assemblage of words, typical of patients with schizophrenia, Wernicke’s aphasia, and some other mental disorders. | Meaningless text generated by a computer. | An intentionally nonsensical and voluminous statement. | ||||
| 37 | 5/11/2022 | cryptolect | ˈkɹɪptəˌlɛkt | Noun | A secretive language form used by a subculture; an arcane cant. | ||||||
| 38 | 5/12/2022 | derisible | dəˈɹɪzəbəl | Adjective | Deserving derision, i.e., deserving disdain or contempt. | ||||||
| 39 | 5/13/2022 | verisimilitude | vɛɹɪsɪˈmɪlɪtuːd | Noun | The property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality, realism. | A statement which merely appears to be true. | (of a story) Faithfulness to its own rules; internal cohesion. | ||||
| 40 | 5/14/2022 | spangled | ˈspæŋ.ɡəld | Noun | Possessing spangles. | (Spangles are small sparkling decorations.) | |||||
| 41 | 5/15/2022 | konjac | ˈkoʊn.jæk | Noun | A foul-smelling plant grown in Asia (Amorphophallus konjac). | ||||||
| 42 | 5/16/2022 | perspicacity | ˌpɜːɹ.spɪˈkæs.ɪ.ti | Noun | Acute discernment or understanding; insight. | The human faculty or power to mentally grasp or understand clearly. | Keen eyesight. | ||||
| 43 | 5/17/2022 | abele | əˈbil | Noun | The white poplar (<i>Populus alba</i>). | ||||||
| 44 | 5/18/2022 | dolichocephalic | ˌdɑlɪkoʊsəˈfælɪk | Noun | Having a head that is long from front to back (relative to its width from left to right). | ||||||
| 45 | 5/19/2022 | adytum | ˈædɪtəm | Noun | The innermost sanctuary or shrine in a temple, from where oracles were given. | A private chamber; a sanctum. | |||||
| 46 | 5/20/2022 | bewray | bɪˈɹeɪ | Verb | To accuse; malign; speak evil of. | To reveal, divulge, or make something known; disclose. | To reveal or disclose and show the presence or true character of, especially if unintentionally or incidentally, or else if perfidiously, prejudicially, or to one’s discredit. | To expose or rat someone out. | To expose to harm. | To expose a deception. | |
| 47 | 5/21/2022 | welkin | ˈwɛlkən | Noun | The sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible; the firmament. | The upper atmosphere occupied by clouds, flying birds, etc. | The place above the Earth where God or other deities live; heaven. | ||||
| 48 | 5/22/2022 | synagogical | ˌsɪ.nəˈɡɑɡɪkəl | Adjective | Of or pertaining to a synagogue. | ||||||
| 49 | 5/23/2022 | prozymite | ˈpɹɑzəˌmaɪt | Noun | One who administers the Eucharist with leavened bread, in particular a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church. | ||||||
| 50 | 5/24/2022 | azymite | ˈæzɪmaɪt | Noun | One who administers the Eucharist with unleavened bread, in particular a member of the Latin Church or Roman Catholic Church. | ||||||
| 51 | 5/25/2022 | superpermutation | ˈsupɚpɝmjuːˌteɪʃən | Noun | For some value n, a string that contains each permutation of n symbols as a substring. | ||||||
| 52 | 5/26/2022 | mouthbrooder | ˈmaʊθˌbɹudɚ | Noun | Any animal that cares for its offspring, either eggs or juveniles, by holding them in its mouth for extended periods of time. | ||||||
| 53 | 5/27/2022 | yepsen | ˈjɛp.sən | Noun | Amount that can be held in two hands cupped together. | Two hands cupped together. | |||||
| 54 | 5/28/2022 | gowpen | ˈɡaʊpən | Noun | A bowl made of the two hands cupped together. | ||||||
| 55 | 5/29/2022 | uguisubari | ˌuːɡuː.iːsuːˈbɑːɹi | Noun | A wooden floor specifically designed to creak or “chirp” at the slightest pressure, thus warning the inhabitants of any surreptitious approach. | ||||||
| 56 | 5/30/2022 | regolith | ˈɹɛɡəlɪθ | Noun | The layer of loose rock, dust, sand, and soil, resting on the bedrock, that constitutes the surface layer of most dry land on Earth, the Moon, and other large solid aggregated celestial objects. Submarine regolith also exists. | ||||||
| 57 | 5/31/2022 | updation | ʌpˈdeɪʃən | Noun | The act or process of updating. | An instance of that process: an update. | |||||
| 58 | 6/1/2022 | antejentacular | ˌæn.tədʒɛnˈtækjəlɚ | Adjective | Occurring before breakfast. | ||||||
| 59 | 6/2/2022 | breviloquent | bɹɛˈvɪl.ə.kwənt | Adjective | Exhibiting brevity in speech; concise. | ||||||
| 60 | 6/3/2022 | chyron | |||||||||
| 61 | 6/4/2022 | peregrinate | |||||||||
| 62 | 6/5/2022 | eke | |||||||||
| 63 | 6/6/2022 | disphotic | |||||||||
| 64 | 6/7/2022 | nudiustertian | |||||||||
| 65 | 6/8/2022 | allodial | |||||||||
| 66 | 6/9/2022 | otiose | |||||||||
| 67 | 6/10/2022 | sera | |||||||||
| 68 | 6/11/2022 | paracosm | |||||||||
| 69 | 6/12/2022 | definiendum | |||||||||
| 70 | 6/13/2022 | pome | |||||||||
| 71 | 6/14/2022 | gnomess | |||||||||
| 72 | 6/15/2022 | gigot | |||||||||
| 73 | 6/16/2022 | slaked | |||||||||
| 74 | 6/17/2022 | chirurgeonly | |||||||||
| 75 | 6/18/2022 | dithyrambic | |||||||||
| 76 | 6/19/2022 | esquamulose | |||||||||
| 77 | 6/20/2022 | emollient | |||||||||
| 78 | 6/21/2022 | rent | |||||||||
| 79 | 6/22/2022 | derisible | |||||||||
| 80 | 6/23/2022 | bit_bucket | |||||||||
| 81 | 6/24/2022 | sphexish | |||||||||
| 82 | 6/25/2022 | abb | |||||||||
| 83 | 6/26/2022 | aba | |||||||||
| 84 | 6/27/2022 | abob | |||||||||
| 85 | 6/28/2022 | owlful | |||||||||
| 86 | 6/29/2022 | reptatorial | |||||||||
| 87 | 6/30/2022 | onocentaur | |||||||||
| 88 | 7/1/2022 | sputcheon | |||||||||
| 89 | 7/2/2022 | polychrestic | |||||||||
| 90 | 7/3/2022 | ravel | |||||||||
| 91 | 7/4/2022 | mirative | |||||||||
| 92 | 7/5/2022 | balconic | |||||||||
| 93 | 7/6/2022 | holm | |||||||||
| 94 | 7/7/2022 | introjection | |||||||||
| 95 | 7/8/2022 | adsorbent | |||||||||
| 96 | 7/9/2022 | ostensive definition | |||||||||
| 97 | cephalad |