Word of the Day Archive
February 2011

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1. ambisinister: clumsy or unskillful with both hands.
2. elide: to suppress; omit; ignore; pass over.
3. eclat: brilliance of success, reputation, etc.
4. effluvium: a slight or invisible exhalation or vapor, esp. one that is disagreeable.
5. abscond: to depart secretly.
6. verdant: green.
7. desideratum: something desired.
8. philomath: a lover of learning; a scholar.
9. doppelganger: a ghostly double.
10. daedal: skillful; artistic; ingenious.
11. imbroglio: a complicated and embarrassing state of things.
12. risible: exciting or provoking laughter.
13. buss: a kiss; to kiss.
14. inveigle: to persuade or obtain by ingenuity or flattery.
15. uxorious: excessively fond of or submissive to a wife.
16. factotum: a person employed to do all kinds of work.
17. ululate: to howl; to wail.
18. libation: the act of pouring a liquid as a sacrifice; also, a beverage.
19. lucubration: laborious work, study, thought, etc., esp. at night.
20. malinger: to feign illness or inability.
21. inkhorn: affectedly or ostentatiously learned.
22. bailiwick: a person's specific area of knowledge, authority, interest, skill, or work.
23. nimbus: a dark gray rain cloud; also, a halo, an aura.
24. hypnagogic: inducing sleep; of or pertaining to drowsiness.
25. lexicography: the writing or compiling of dictionaries.
26. halcyon: peaceful; undisturbed; happy.
27. rubicund: inclining to redness; ruddy.
28. cosset: to treat with excessive indulgence; to pamper.