Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024

Noisome (adjective)
noi·some [noi-suhm]

adjective
1. offensive or disgusting, as an odor.
2. harmful or injurious to health; noxious.

Other Words From
noi some·ly adverb
noi some·ness noun

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Synonyms
1. mephitic, stinking, rotten, putrid, fetid

Origin: First recorded in 1350-1400; ( Read more... )

nefarious [ni-fair-ee-uhs]

adjective:
1 extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous

Examples:

Remus Repeal Reserve was named after bootlegger George Remus, a man with a nefarious and sometimes problematic history who nevertheless was an important figure during Prohibition. (Jonah Flicker, One of the Best Bourbons on the Market Just Dropped Its ( Read more... )

ninnyhammer [nin-ee-ham-er]

noun:
a fool or simpleton

Examples:

My efforts were feeble because I was a ninnyhammer, but I brought the project in under budget.(Al Batt, At least I wouldn’t have to bother to burn it behind me, Albert Lea Tribune, March 2021)

I already eat as slowly as I can without looking like an affected ninnyhammer, so my ( Read more... )

Nyckelharpa - noun.

Unusual instruments are always a good source of unusual words and today's specimen is the nyckelharpa hailing from Sweden, although found in other countries as well. Meaning "key harp" or "keyed fiddle", it's a kind of bowed string instrument. Keyed string instruments date back to the 1200s and sometimes earlier, but, for ( Read more... )

noisome [noi-suhm]

adjective:
1 noxious, harmful
2a offensive to the senses and especially to the sense of smell
2b highly obnoxious or objectionable

Examples:

It was six yards square and extravagantly swathed in purple and gold, from its velvet headboard and valance to its voluminous damask curtains. The Virgin Queen took it with her when ( Read more... )

nethermost [neth-er-mohst, -muhst]

adjective:
farthest down, lowest

Examples:

Zheng Ruiyu from China Academy of Art uses her collection to display the mildness and poetic vibe of Jiangnan (lower reaches of south Yangtze River). The crisscrossed lanes and alleys in Huzhou, her hometown in nethermost Zhejiang Province, and Hangzhou inspire her ( Read more... )

Tuesday, Sep. 13, 2022

Nescience (noun)
nesc·ience [nesh-uhns, nesh-ee-uhns, nes-ee-]

noun
1. lack of knowledge; ignorance.
2. agnosticism (def. 2).

OTHER WORDS FROM NESCIENCE
nescient, adjective
non·nes·cience, noun
non·nes·cient, adjective

WORDS RELATED TO NESCIENCEbewilderment, blindness, callowness, crudeness, darkness, denseness, disregard ( Read more... )

nefandous [nuh-fan-duhs]

adjective:
Not to be spoken of, unmentionable; abominable, atrocious

Examples:

At the same time, González de Mendoza, a thorough admirer of father Las Casas, the defender of Indians, decided to omit from his sources those elements that could provide the hardliners with arguments, the just title, to confront China, ( Read more... )

Niddy-noddy - noun.

I'm in week eight of my final semester at art college and I'm pleased to present the niddy-noddy (plural: niddy-noddies). It's a tool that can make skeins of yarn and act as a measuring tool as well if the size is known. The video below demonstrates how to use one:

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Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022

Nurture (verb, noun)
nur·ture [nur-cher]

verb (used with object)
1. to feed and protect: to nurture one's offspring.
2. to support and encourage, as during the period of training or development; foster: to nurture promising musicians.
3. to bring up; train; educate.

noun4. rearing, upbringing, training, education, or the ( Read more... )