Word of the Day

Knoll (noun) nol A small hill or mound. Old English cnoll ‘hilltop’, of Germanic origin;…

Moonglade (noun) moon-gl-ayd The track made by moonlight on water. Mid 19th century; earliest use…

Banish (verb) ban-ish Send (someone) away from a country or place as an official punishment.…

Cenacle (noun) sen-akl A group of people such as a discussion group or literary clique.…

Solander (noun) sol-an-der A protective box made in the form of a book, for holding…

Sunder (verb) sun-der (literary) split apart Late Old English sundrian; related to German sondern. (more…)

Carnaptious (adj) (Scots/Irish) kar-nap-shus Bad-tempered and argumentative. Mid 19th century from intensifying prefix car- +…