Word of the Day

Smaragdine (adj) smar-ag-deen Emerald green in colour. Smaragdine, “emerald-green in color,” comes via Latin smaragdus…

Thrifty (adj) thrif-tee practicing thrift or economical management; frugal. First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English;…

Dawning (noun) daw-ning daybreak; beginning, start. Middle English; see dawn, -ing (more…)

Quaff (verb) kwof to drink a beverage, especially an intoxicating one, copiously and with hearty…

Thrice (adverb) th-rise Three times. 1150–1200; Middle English thries, equivalent to obsolete thrie thrice (Old…

Quaere (verb) kw-eer-ee Ask; inquire (used to introduce or suggest a question). 1525–35; Latin, 2nd…

Subaltern (adj) sub-al-turn lower in rank; subordinate. 1575–85; Late Latin subalternus, equivalent to sub-sub- +…

Neurasthenia (noun) nu-res-thee-nee-a Psychiatry. (not in technical use) nervous debility and exhaustion occurring in the…

Welkin (noun) wel-kin (literary) the sky; the vault of heaven. Before 900; Middle English welken(e),…

Eira (noun) (Welsh) ey-ra Snow. Welsh language. (more…)