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September 30, 2022

Word of the Day – Ordure

Ordure (noun) aw-jer dung; manure; excrement. 1300–50; Middle English Old French, equivalent to ord filthy.…

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September 29, 2022

Word of the Day – Geitonogamy

Geitonogamy (noun) giy-to-nog-am-ee pollination of a flower by pollen from another flower on the same…

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September 28, 2022

Word of the Day – Godown

Godown (noun) go-doun (in India and other countries in Asia) a warehouse or other storage…

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September 27, 2022

Word of the Day – Braw

Braw (adj) (Scots) braw fine or fine-looking; excellent. First recorded in 1555–65; variant of brave…

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September 26, 2022

Word of the Day – Perse

Perse (adj) purs of a very deep shade of blue or purple. 1325–75; Middle English…

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September 25, 2022

Word of the Day – Corroborate

Corroborate (verb) kor-ob-or-ayt To make certain; confirm. First recorded in 1520–30; from Latin corrōborātus, past…

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September 24, 2022

Word of the Day – Scumble

Scumble (verb) (noun) skum-bl to soften (the color or tone of a painted area) by…

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September 23, 2022

Word of the Day – Torrid

Torrid (adj) tor-rid Opressively hot, parching or burning, as in climate or air. Torrid “oppressively…

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September 22, 2022

Word of the Day – Phlogiston

Phlogiston (noun) flo-jis-ton a nonexistent chemical that, prior to the discovery of oxygen, was thought…

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September 21, 2022

Word of the Day – Doughty

Doughty (adj) daw-tee steadfastly courageous and resolute; valiant. Doughty “steadfastly courageous,” despite spelling and pronunciation,…

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