Word of the Day February 8, 2018 Word of the Day – Intumesce Intumesce (verb) (rare) in-too-mess Swell up. Late 18th century: from Latin intumescere, from in- ‘into’… Kath Love1
Word of the Day February 7, 2018 Word of the Day – Circumambulate Circumambulate (verb) (formal) sur-kum-am-boo-lait Walk all the way around (something) (more…) Kath Love1
Word of the Day February 6, 2018 Word of the Day – Suffragette Suffragette (noun) (historical) suff-ra-jet A woman seeking the right to vote through organized protest. Late… Kath Love1
Word of the Day February 5, 2018 Word of the Day – Quisquous Quisuous (adj) (Scottish) (rare) kwisk-us Difficult to deal with or settle; perplexing; (of a person)… Kath Love3
Word of the Day February 4, 2018 Word of the Day – Peradventure Peradventure (adv) per-ad-ven-tchu Perhaps. Middle English: from Old French per (or par) auenture ‘by chance’.… Kath Love0
Word of the Day February 3, 2018 Word of the Day – Dactylogram Dactylogram (noun) dak-til-o-gram A fingerprint. Via Latin from Greek daktulos, literally ‘finger’ (more…) Kath Love0
Word of the Day February 2, 2018 Word of the Day – Expostulate Expostulate (verb) eks-poss-too-layt Express strong disapproval or disagreement. Mid 16th century (in the sense ‘demand… Kath Love0
Word of the Day February 1, 2018 Word of the Day – Aardvark Aardvark (noun) ard-vahk A nocturnal badger-sized burrowing mammal of Africa, with long ears, a tubular… Kath Love0
Word of the Day January 31, 2018 Word of the Day – Velocipede Velocipede (noun) vel-oss-ip-eed (historic) An early form of bicycle propelled by working pedals on cranks… Kath Love0
Word of the Day January 30, 2018 Word of the Day – Aporia Aporia (noun) a-por-ee-a An irresolvable internal contradiction or logical disjunction in a text, argument, or… Kath Love0