Language – Page 205 – For Reading Addicts

Word of the Day

April 9, 2020

Word of the Day – Distrain

Distrain (verb) dis-trayn (law) Seize (someone's property) in order to obtain payment of rent or…

Kath 0

Love0

Word of the Day

April 8, 2020

Word of the Day – Pandemoniac

Pandemoniac (adj/noun) pan-dem-o-nee-ak Of, relating to, or characteristic of Pandemonium; infernal; (now in extended use)…

Kath 0

Love1

Word of the Day

April 7, 2020

Word of the Day – Liminal

Liminal (adj) lim-in-al Relating to a transitional or initial stage of a process. Late 19th…

Jacqui Bell 0

Love0

Word of the Day

April 6, 2020

Word of the Day – Disconsolate

Disconsolate (adj) dis-kon-so-layt Very unhappy and unable to be comforted. Late Middle English from medieval…

Kath 0

Love0

Word of the Day

April 5, 2020

Word of the Day – Mythopoeia

Mythopoeia (adj) mith-oh-pee-a The making of a myth or myths. 1950s from Greek muthopoiia, from…

Kath 0

Love0

Word of the Day

April 4, 2020

Word of the Day – Ineffectual

Ineffectual (adj) in-ef-ek-chu-al Not producing any significant or desired effect./(of a person) lacking the ability…

Kath 0

Love1

Word of the Day

April 3, 2020

Word of the Day – Priggish

Priggish (adj) prig-ish Self-righteously moralistic and superior. (more…)

Kath 0

Love1

Word of the Day

April 2, 2020

Word of the Day – Egomaniac

Egomaniac (noun) ee-go-may-nee-ak A person who is obsessively egotistical or self-centred. (more…)

Kath 0

Love1

Word of the Day

April 1, 2020

Word of the Day – Dripstone

Dripstone (noun) drip-stone A moulding over a door or window which deflects rain. (more…)

Kath 0

Love0

Word of the Day

March 31, 2020

Word of the Day – Grovel

Grovel (verb) gro-vel Lie or crawl abjectly on the ground with one's face downwards./Act in…

Kath 0

Love0