WotD

Brobdingnagian (adj) brob-din-ag-ee-an of huge size; gigantic; tremendous. Brobdingnagian was first recorded in 1725–30 and…

Verdure (noun) vur-jer green vegetation, especially grass or herbage. Verdure entered English around 1250–1300 and…

Monadnock (noun) mo-nad-nok a residual hill or mountain standing well above the surface of a…

Derision (noun) der-izh-un ridicule; mockery. 1350–1400; Middle English derisioun. Old French derision. Late Latin dērīsiōn-…

Quadrumane (noun) kwod-ruh-mayn a quadrumanous (four handed) animal, as a monkey. 1820–30; New Latin quadrumana,…

Brig (noun) brig a two-masted vessel square-rigged on both masts. / a place of confinement…

Refulgent (adj) re-ful-jent Shining brightly; radiant; gleaming. Refulgent was first recorded in 1500–10, and comes…

Tribulation (noun) trib-yu-lay-shun grievous trouble; severe trial or suffering. 1175–1225; Middle English Latin trībulātiōn- (stem…

Quagmire (noun) kwog-mire an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the…