Word of the Day: Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia hip-po-po-to-mon-stro-ses-quip-pe-dal-i-o-pho-bi-a / hĭp-ō-pŏ-tō-mŏn-strō-səs-kwĭ-pə-dăl-ē-ō-fō-bē-ə noun 1. the fear of long words Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is one of the longest words in the dictionary — and, in an ironic twist, is the name for a fear of long... Read More
Word of the Day: Restive
restive res-tive / rĕs-tĭv adjective 1. restless; impatient, particularly of control or in response to delays or restraints; uneasy; unsettled; fidgety She became restive, insisted upon her rights, and finally announced her positive intention of going to a certain ball. From “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859 – 1930 2. obstinate; stubborn; refusing to follow commands or to move This reply was made... Read More
Word of the Day: Capacious
capacious ca-pa-cious / kə-pā-shəs adjective 1. having a large capacity; spacious; roomy Monks have both a capacious sleeve and a tight sleeve. Sicilian Proverb
Word of the Day: Empower
empower em-pow-er / ĕm-pou-ər verb 1. to grant the power or authority to; to authorize Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it. Les Brown, 1945 – 2. to enable; to provide with an ability Words empower us, move us beyond our suffering, and set us free. From “An Unspoken Hunger” by Terry Tempest Williams, 1955 –
Word of the Day: Coup
coup coup / ko͞o noun 1. a very successful, well played action or idea If there’s 10,000 people looking at the stocks and trying to pick winners, one in 10,000 is going to score, by chance alone, a great coup, and that’s all that’s going on. Merton Miller, 1923 – 2000 2. a successful, sudden attack to seize power, often done illegally or by force; a coup d’état... Read More
Word of the Day: Income
income in-come / ĭn–kŭm noun 1. revenue; the money or equivalent received in exchange for providing services, goods, property or through other investments over a period of time Good management is better than good income. Portuguese Proverb 2. the act of coming in; an influx The available stored water in the soil was (120 mm), and according to the income of water to the basin which reached... Read More
Word of the Day: Inure
inure (also enure) In-ure / ĭn-yo͝or verb 1. to accustom or harden by frequent or prolonged exposure A man should inure himself to voluntary labor, and not give up to indulgence and pleasure, as they beget no good constitution of body nor knowledge of mind. Socrates, c. 470 BC – 399 BC
Word of the Day: Hunch
hunch hunch / hŭnch noun 1. an intuitive feeling Trust your hunches… Hunches are usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level. Joyce Brothers, 1927 – 2013 2. a hump The larva is a maggot curved like a hook, carrying on its back an ample pouch or hunch, forming part of its alimentary canal. From “Social Life in the Insect World”... Read More
Word of the Day: Financially
financially fi-nan-cial-ly / fə-năn-shə-lē, fī-năn-shə-lē adverb 1. in a way that pertains to money or finance The bottom line about success in life isn’t whether you are financially successful, but whether you have given yourself in some way to help others less fortunate than you and to serve your community and your country. P. Anthony Ridder, 1940 –
Word of the Day: Perpetually
perpetually per-pet-u-al-ly / pər-pĕch-o͞o-ə-lē adverb 1. forever; eternally There is an abstruse astrologer that saith, If it were not for two things that are constant (the one is, that the fixed stars ever stand a like distance one from another, and never come nearer together, nor go further asunder; the other, that the diurnal motion perpetually keepeth time), no individual would last one moment. Sir Francis Bacon,... Read More