Word of the Day October 8, 2019 Word of the Day – Ambulate Ambulate (verb) am-boo-layt Walk, move about. Early 17th century from Latin ambulat- ‘walked’, from the… Kath Love2
Word of the Day October 7, 2019 Word of the Day – Qadi Qadi (noun) kaa-dee (In Islamic countries) a judge Late 16th century from Arabic qāḍī, from… Kath Love1
Word of the Day October 6, 2019 Word of the Day – Emollient Emollient (adj/noun) ee-mo-lee-unt Having the quality of softening or soothing the skin. Mid 17th century… Kath Love1
Word of the Day October 5, 2019 Word of the Day – Indexical Indexical (adj) in-deks-ik-al Relating to or denoting a word or expression whose meaning is dependent… Kath Love1
Word of the Day October 4, 2019 Word of the Day – Laxity Laxity (noun) lak-sit-ee Lack of strictness or care. Late Middle English (in the sense ‘loose’,… Kath Love0
Word of the Day October 3, 2019 Word of the Day – Gimlet Gimlet (noun) gim-let A small T-shaped tool with a screw tip for boring holes. Middle… Kath Love0
Word of the Day October 2, 2019 Word of the Day – Murdermonger Murdermonger (noun) mer-der-mun-ger A person who commits or incites murder; a professional murderer. Late 18th… Kath Love1
Word of the Day October 1, 2019 Word of the Day – Tangram Tangram (noun) tan-gram A Chinese geometrical puzzle consisting of a square cut into seven pieces… Kath Love0
Word of the Day September 30, 2019 Word of the Day – Threshing Threshing (noun) thresh-ing The process of separating grain from corn or other crops. (more…) Kath Love0
Word of the Day September 29, 2019 Word of the Day – Creel Creel (noun) kreel A large wicker basket for holding fish. Middle English; originally Scots and… Kath Love0