Word of the Day

Effluvium (noun) ef-loo-vee-um a slight or invisible exhalation or vapor, especially one that is disagreeable…

Gridiron (noun) grid-ay-ern an American football field. Gridiron originally meant “griddle” and evolved to refer…

Cower (verb) kow-er to crouch, as in fear or shame. 1250–1300; Middle English couren; cognate…

Nomophobia (noun) no-mo-fo-be-a anxiety caused by being without access to a functioning mobile phone. To…

Epistrophe (noun) i-pis-trof-ee Also called epiphora. Rhetoric. the repetition of a word or words at…

Ferrule (noun) fe-rool ring or cap, usually of metal, put around the end of something,…

Eruct (verb) e-rukt to belch, as gas from the stomach. Eruct comes from the Latin…

Alluvion (noun) a-loo-vee-un A gradual increase of land on a shore or a river bank…