Word of the Day Archive
March 2006
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- doula: a woman who assists in childbirth.
- largess: generous giving; also, gifts of money or other valuables.
- dilettante: an amateur; also, an admirer or lover of the fine arts.
- simulacrum: a representation; an insubstantial or vague semblance.
- toothsome: delicious; attractive; luscious.
- countermand: to revoke (a former command) or recall by a contrary order.
- expropriate: to deprive of possession; also, to transfer (property) to oneself.
- perambulate: to stroll; to walk through or over.
- contradistinction: distinction by contrast.
- ululate: to howl; to wail.
- crapulous: sick from, or marked by, excessive drinking.
- parvenu: an upstart; one newly risen in class or economic status.
- manse: a large and imposing residence.
- uxorious: excessively fond of or submissive to a wife.
- Ides: the fifteenth day of March, May, July, and October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- megalomania: a mental disorder characterized by delusions of grandeur.
- verdant: green.
- amalgam: an alloy of mercury with other metals; also, a mixture.
- dudgeon: a state or fit of intense indignation.
- paragon: a model of excellence or perfection.
- aubade: a song greeting the dawn.
- succor: aid; help; also, to help or relieve.
- paterfamilias: the male head of a household; the father of a family.
- stolid: unexcitable; unemotional.
- métier: an occupation, especially in which one excels.
- bellwether: a leader or leading indicator.
- confluence: a flowing or coming together.
- superfluous: more than is wanted or is sufficient.
- invidious: tending to provoke envy or ill will.
- benignant: kind; gracious; favorable.
- edacious: given to eating.
