Word of the Day December 29, 2018 Word of the Day – Stridulate Stridulate (verb) strid-oo-layt (of an insect, especially a male cricket or grasshopper) make a shrill… Kath Love1
Word of the Day December 28, 2018 Word of the Day – Scabrous Scabrous (adj) skab-rus Rough and covered with, or as if with, scabs./Unpleasant unattractive. Indecent; salacious.… Jacqui Bell Love1
Word of the Day December 27, 2018 Word of the Day – Mythomane Mythomane (noun) mith-o-mayn A mythomaniac, someone obsessed with mythology. 1950s; earliest use found in Encounter.… Jacqui Bell Love2
Word of the Day December 26, 2018 Word of the Day – Arenicolous Arenicolous (adj) a-ren-ik-u-lus living, burrowing, or growing in sand Latin arena + English -i- +… Jacqui Bell Love1
Word of the Day December 25, 2018 Word of the Day – Garland Garland (noun) gaa-land A wreath of flowers and leaves, worn on the head or hung… Kath Love1
Word of the Day December 24, 2018 Word of the Day – Punim Punim (noun) poo-nim A person's face Chiefly Jewish use, from Yiddish. (more…) Kath Love1
Word of the Day December 23, 2018 Word of the Day – Trepidation Trepidation (noun) trep-id-ay-shun A feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen. Late… Kath Love0
Word of the Day December 22, 2018 Word of the Day – Perusal Perusal (noun) per-oo-zul The action of reading or examining something. Late 15th century (in the… Kath Love0
Word of the Day December 21, 2018 Word of the Day – Pulperia Pulperia (noun) (US) pul-per-ee-a A grocery shop or tavern. Early 19th century. From American Spanish… Kath Love0
Word of the Day December 20, 2018 Word of the Day – Rille Rille (noun) ril (astronomy) A fissure or narrow channel on the moon's surface. Mid 19th… Kath Love2