Word of the Day April 27, 2015 Word of the Day – Apocryphal Apocryphal (adj) ap-ok-riff-al Having doubtful authenticity although widely circulated as true. Usually of a story.… Kath Love0
LanguageWord of the Day April 26, 2015 Word of the Day – Eldritch Eldritch (adj) (Scottish) eld-rich Weird, sinister and ghostly Originally from Scottish, possibly related to elf.… Kath Love0
Word of the Day April 24, 2015 Word of the Day – Hiraeth Hiraeth (noun) (Welsh) Heer-eye-th A deep homesickness; an intense form of longing or nostalgia for… Kath Love32
LanguageWord of the Day April 20, 2015 Word of the Day – Kummerspeck Kummerspeck (noun) (German) kUm-ir-shpek Excess weight gained due to emotional eating. This went around the… Kath Love0
Word of the Day April 18, 2015 Word of the Day – Yclept Yclept (adj) (archaic) i-klept By the name of What a wonderful archaic word, and what… Kath Love1
Word of the Day April 16, 2015 Word of the Day – Zugzwang Zugzwang (noun) zug-zvan A situation in which the obligation to make a move is a… Kath Love1
Word of the Day April 13, 2015 Word of the Day – Gloaming Gloaming (noun) (literary) glow-ming (the gloaming) Twilight: Dusk. I first encountered 'The Gloaming' reading a… Kath Love0
Word of the Day April 11, 2015 Word of the Day – Overmorrow Overmorrow (noun) (obs) (archaic) (biblical) o-ver-mor-row The day after tomorrow. This archaic and now obsolete… Kath Love3
Discussion and RecommendationsWord of the Day April 10, 2015 26 of your Favourite Words Over on Facebook last week I asked everyone to tell us what their favourite word… Kath Love4
LanguageWord of the Day March 30, 2015 Word of the Day – Tmesis Tmesis (noun) t-mi-sis The separation of parts of a compound word by an intervening word… Kath Love0