Word of the Day Archive
May 2011
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- incommodious: inconvenient, as not affording sufficient space or room.
- dandle: to move (a baby, child, etc.) lightly up and down, as on one's knee or in one's arms.
- purlieu: a place where one may range at large; confines or bounds.
- bushwhack: to defeat, especially by surprise or in an underhanded way.
- epigamic: attracting the opposite sex, as the colors of certain birds.
- premonish: to warn beforehand.
- callithump: a children's parade, with prizes for the best costumes.
- materfamilias: the mother of a family.
- splenetic: irritable; peevish; spiteful.
- animalcule: a minute or microscopic animal, quite invisible to the naked eye.
- irenic: promoting peace.
- Zeitgeist: the spirit of the time.
- autodidact: one who is self-taught.
- misnomer: a misnaming.
- plangent: beating with a loud or deep sound; also, expressing sadness.
- nonplus: to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely.
- connubial: of or pertaining to marriage.
- iota: a very small quantity or degree.
- fungible: interchangeable.
- foofaraw: excessive or flashy ornamentation; also, a fuss over a trivial matter.
- physiognomy: the face or appearance.
- slaver: to slobber; to drool.
- longueur: a tedious passage in a work of literature or performance art.
- prink: to primp.
- sojourn: to dwell for a time; also, a temporary stay.
- clinquant: glittering; tinsel-like; also, tinsel.
- dudgeon: a state or fit of intense indignation.
- vertiginous: causing dizziness; also, giddy; dizzy.
- toothsome: delicious; attractive; luscious.
- avoirdupois: weight; heaviness.
- leitmotif: a dominant and recurring theme.
