Word of the Day September 5, 2019 Word of the Day – Ostensibly Ostensibly (adverb) os-ten-sib-lee As appears or is stated to be true, though not necessarily so;… Kath Love1
Word of the Day September 4, 2019 Word of the Day – Dissoluble Dissoluble (adj) dis-ol-yu-bl Able to be dissolved, loosened, or disconnected. Mid 16th century from Latin… Kath Love1
Word of the Day September 3, 2019 Word of the Day – Divest Divest (verb) dai-vest Deprive someone of (power, rights, or possessions) Early 17th century alteration of… Kath Love0
Word of the Day September 2, 2019 Word of the Day – Lubricious Lubricious (adj) lew-brish-us Offensively displaying or intended to arouse sexual desire. Late 16th century from… Jacqui Bell Love2
Word of the Day September 1, 2019 Word of the Day – Deleterious Deleterious (adj) del-i-teer-ee-us Causing harm or damage. Mid 17th century via medieval Latin from Greek… Kath Love0
Word of the Day August 31, 2019 Word of the Day – Immutable Immutable (adj) i-moot-a-bl Unchanging over time or unable to be changed. Late Middle English from… Kath Love0
Word of the Day August 30, 2019 Word of the Day – Accretive Accretive (adj) ak-ree-tiv Characterized by gradual growth or increase. (more…) Kath Love0
Word of the Day August 29, 2019 Word of the Day – Illocution Illocution (noun) il-o-kew-shun An act of speaking or writing which in itself effects or constitutes… Kath Love1
Word of the Day August 28, 2019 Word of the Day – Mucor Mucor (noun) mu-kor (rare) Mouldiness, mustiness Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Blount… Kath Love1
Word of the Day August 27, 2019 Word of the Day – Seminal Seminal (adj) sem-in-ul Strongly influencing later developments. Late Middle English (in seminal (sense 2)): from… Jacqui Bell Love0