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August 1, 2021

Word of the Day – Porket

Porket (noun) por-ket A small or young pig. Now chiefly English regional (midlands) and US.…

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July 31, 2021

Word of the Day – Digladiation

Digladation (noun) dig-lad-ay-shun (archaic) fighting with swords or hand-to-hand. From Latin digladiari, from di-, dis-…

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July 30, 2021

Word of the Day – Merise

Merise (noun) (archaic) me-riz A small bitter black cherry, the fruit of a variety of…

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July 29, 2021

Word of the Day – Derivative

Derivative (adj) de-riv-a-tiv Imitative of the work of another artist, writer, etc., and usually disapproved…

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July 28, 2021

Word of the Day – Ploce

Ploce (adj) plo-see (rhetoric) The repetition of a word in an altered or more expressive…

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July 27, 2021

Word of the Day – Glabrous

Glabrous (adj) glab-rus (chiefly of the skin or a leaf) free from hair or down;…

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July 26, 2021

Word of the Day – Bonzer

Bonzer (adj) (Aus) (Informal) bon-za Brilliant; first rate Early 20th century perhaps an alteration of…

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July 25, 2021

Word of the Day – Thrapple

Thrapple (noun) (Scots) th-rap-l A person's or animal's throat. Late Middle English of unknown origin.…

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July 24, 2021

Word of the Day – Adret

Adret (noun) a-dray A mountain slope which faces the sun. From French, from dialect variants…

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July 23, 2021

Word of the Day – Exabyte

Exabyte (noun) ek-sa-bi-t (computing) A unit of information equal to one quintillion (10¹⁸) or, strictly,…

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