Word of the Day Archive
July 2012
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- mumpsimus: using an erroneous use of language, out of habit or obstinacy.
- sumpsimus: using a strictly correct term, as a rejection of another form.
- surfeit: excess; an excessive amount.
- gallant: brave, spirited, noble-minded, or chivalrous.
- stymie: to hinder, block, or thwart.
- tractate: a treatise; essay.
- aliquant: contained in a number or quantity, but not dividing it evenly.
- vamp: to patch up; repair.
- scherzando: playful; sportive.
- ectopic: occurring in an abnormal position or place; displaced.
- hypethral: wholly or partly open to the sky.
- paronymous: containing the same root or stem, as the words wise and wisdom.
- tawpie: a foolish or thoughtless young person.
- baccate: berrylike.
- mote: a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- requisition: a demand made.
- deflagrate: to burn, especially suddenly and violently.
- beguile: to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
- nary: not any; no; never a.
- qualia: a quality, as bitterness, regarded as an independent object.
- desolate: to lay waste; devastate.
- integument: a natural covering, as a skin, shell, or rind.
- nubilous: cloudy or foggy.
- Bildungsroman: a novel about the education and development of a young protagonist.
- jubilate: to show or feel great joy; rejoice; exult.
- precipitancy: headlong or rash haste.
- intrapreneur: an employee of a company who is given freedom to create new products.
- banausic: serving utilitarian purposes only; mechanical; practical.
- traject: to transport, transmit, or transpose.
- usageaster: a self-styled authority on language usage.
- matte: having a dull or lusterless surface.
