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Today's Word "germane"

\juhr-MAYN\ (adjective) - Appropriate or fitting; relevant. "...Chloe was abroad until you - you assumed the authority to have her recalled. There is no way she can provide any information germane to your inquiry." -- Clare Curzon, "Body of a Woman" Germane comes from Middle English

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Today's Word "woebegone "

woebegone \WOE-bee-gon\ (adjective) -1 : Beset or overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief or sorrow; woeful. 2 : Being in a sorry condition; dismal-looking; dilapidated; run-down. "Jenna's mere presence made Frank's woebegone little apartment seem larger and more cheerful, without moving a speck

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Today's Word "prescience"

prescience \PREE-shuns; PREE-shee-uns; PRESH-uns; PRESH-ee-uns; PREE-see-uns; PRES-ee-uns\ (noun) - Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight. "Mel spent entirely too much time beating himself up over not having had the prescience to acquire the Microsoft stock when the company first

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Today's Word "maudlin"

\MAWD-lin\ (adjective) - Tearfully or excessively sentimental. "The movie's overly maudlin tone was at odds with the book it was adapted from, as the author hadn't felt the need to tug his readers heartstrings quite so forcefully." Maudlin is an alteration of (Mary) Magdalene, who in

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Today's Word "recondite"

\REK-uhn-dyt\ (adjective) - 1 : Difficult to understand; abstruse. 2 : Concerned with obscure subject matter. "Reginald enjoyed the daily emails as a way to keep his already recondite vocabulary satisfyingly obscure." Recondite is from Latin reconditus, past participle of recondere, "

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Today's Word "unguent"

\UNG-gwuhnt\ (noun) - A salve for sores, burns, or the like; an ointment. "Mara quickly smoothed a sweet smelling unguent over Tallis' burns and his pain from them was much lessened." Unguent comes from Latin unguentum, from unguere, "to anoint."

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Today's Word "chimera"

chimera \ky-MIR-uh\ (noun) - 1 : (Capitalized) A fire-breathing she-monster represented as having a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail. 2 : Any imaginary monster made up of grotesquely incongruous parts. 3 : An illusion or mental fabrication; a grotesque product of the imagination.

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Today's Word "braggadocio"

braggadocio \brag-uh-DOH-see-oh; -shee-oh; -shoh\ (noun) - 1 : A braggart. 2 : Empty boasting. 3 : A swaggering, cocky manner. "While many considered Lance to be little more than a loud-mouthed braggadocio, when the chips were down, he would inevitably produce impressive results." Braggadocio

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Today's Word "dishabille"

\dis-uh-BEEL\ (noun) - 1 : The state of being carelessly or partially dressed. 2 : Casual or lounging attire. 3 : An intentionally careless or casual manner. "Marta's parents were utterly scandalized when they toured her dorm, seeing all the people sho should have been fully clothed

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Today's Word "jollification"

jollification \jol-ih-fuh-KAY-shuhn\ (noun) - Merrymaking; festivity; revelry. "The office's new jollification committee had such a small budget that they could only festoon the office with multi-colored streamers twice a week." Jollification is from jolly (from Old French joli, jolif, "joyful, merry") + Latin -ficare, combining form of facere, "to make."

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Today's Word "pastiche"

pastiche \pas-TEESH; pahs-\ (noun) - 1 : A work of art that imitates the style of some previous work. 2 : A musical, literary, or artistic composition consisting of selections from various works. 3 : A hodgepodge; an incongruous combination of different styles and ingredients. "Johnson's work was a pastiche of dozens of styles and from the recent past and antiquity, put together in such a way to suggest something totally new and original." Pastiche comes from Italian pasticcio, "a paste," hence "a hodgepodge, literary or musical," ultimately from Latin pasta, "paste."

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Today's Word "chortle"

chortle \CHOR-tl\ (transitive and intransitive verb) - To utter, or express with, a snorting, exultant laugh or chuckle. (noun) - A snorting, exultant laugh or chuckle. "Kip punctuated each of his sarcastic remarks with his customary, derisive chortle." Chortle a combination of chuckle and snort. It was coined by Lewis Carroll (Charles L. Dodgson), in Through the Looking-Glass, published in 1872.

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Today's Word "louche"

louche \LOOSH\ (adjective) - Of questionable taste or morality; disreputable or indecent; dubious; shady. "Jason was obsessed with the concept of keeping himself free of any suggestion of louche behavior as he wanted to run for public office one day." Louche is from French louche, "shady, suspicious," from Old French losche, "squint-eyed," from Latin luscus, "one-eyed."

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Today's Word "propitiate "

\pro-PISH-ee-ayt\ (transitive verb) - To render favorably inclined; to appease; to conciliate (one offended). "Azorka, a black house-dog, probably conscious of his guilt in barking for nothing and anxious to propitiate us, approached us, diffidently wagging his tail." -- Anton Chekhov

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Today's Word "indigence"

\IN-dih-juhn(t)s\ (noun) - A state of extreme poverty or destitution. "Such was the band's indigence that all they could afford was 'loser's lunch', a meal which consisted of baloney on hand, as they could not afford even bread." Indigence comes from Latin indigentia, "neediness,"

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Today's Word "scapegrace"

scapegrace \SKAYP-grayss\ (noun) - A reckless, unprincipled person; one who is wild and reckless; a rascal; a scoundrel. "A care-free scapegrace as a boy, Terry grew up into the sort of person lesser men would follow into a fire if he so much as said 'march.'" Scapegrace is from scape (a variant of escape) + grace.

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Today's Word "Foundling"

Foundling \FOWND-ling\ (noun) - A deserted or abandoned infant; a child found without a parent or caretaker. "Expectations were low for the foundling, yet she went on to graduate at the top of her class and became a captain of industry." Foundling comes from Old English foundling, fundling, from finden, "to find" + the suffix -ling.

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Today's Word "Corpulent"

Corpulent \KOR-pyuh-luhnt\ (adjective) - Very fat; obese. "Subsisting on a diet of hot dogs, Cheetos, and Twinkies, Jenna's son grew ever more corpulent even as his proficiency at video games increased exponentially." Corpulent comes from Latin corpulentus, "fat, stout, corpulent," from corpus,

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Today's Word "Luminary"

luminary \LOO-muh-nair-ee\ (noun) - 1 : Any body that gives light, especially one of the heavenly bodies. 2 : A person of eminence or brilliant achievement. "Marshall groaned as the list of visiting luminaries for the tricentennial celebration, as dealing with them was certain to be a logistical nightmare for the security department." Luminary derives from Latin luminare, "a window," from lumin-, lumen, "light."

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Today's Word "Convivial"

convivial \kuhn-VIV-ee-uhl\ (adjective) - Relating to, occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company; merry; festive. "Used to the ascetic table set in his own household, Higgins was totally unprepared for the convivial atmosphere present in the house of his new acquaintances." Convivial comes from Latin convivium, "a feast, entertainment, a banquet," from conviva, "a table-companion, a guest," from convivere, "to live with, hence to feast with," from com-, con-, with + vivere, "to live."