Word of the Day Archive
February 2010
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- mondegreen: a word or phrase resulting from a misinterpretation, as in misheard lyrics.
- gelid: extremely cold; icy.
- aubade: a song greeting the dawn.
- pecuniary: relating to money.
- distrait: divided or withdrawn in attention, especially because of anxiety.
- eschew: to shun; to avoid.
- ignoramus: an ignorant person; a dunce.
- approbation: formal or official approval; also, praise.
- vitiate: to make faulty or imperfect.
- tarradiddle: a fib; also, pretentious nonsense.
- coquetry: flirtation.
- quietus: final acquittance, as from debt; also, rest; death.
- cupidity: eager or excessive desire, especially for wealth.
- billet-doux: a love letter.
- vivify: to endue with life; to enliven.
- inexorable: unyielding; relentless.
- hypnagogic: inducing sleep; of or pertaining to drowsiness.
- duplicity: deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech.
- gastronome: a lover of good food and drink.
- egregious: outrageously bad.
- bombast: pompous or pretentious speech or writing.
- fractious: tending to cause trouble; also, irritable.
- fructuous: fruitful; productive.
- arcanum: a secret; a mystery.
- gregarious: seeking and enjoying the company of others.
- mulct: to defraud.
- supplicate: to make a humble and earnest petition.
- quixotic: foolishly impractical; also, capricious, impulsive.
