Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024

Voluble (adjective)
vol·u·ble [vol-yuh-buhl]

adjective
1. characterized by a ready and continuous flow of words; fluent; glib; talkative: a voluble spokesman for the cause.

Other Words Fromvol·u·bil·i·ty [vol-y, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], vol·u·ble·ness noun ( Read more... )

Vorfreude - noun.

Vorfreude is a highly specific German word describing the joy one feels anticipating an event, such as Christmas or meeting up with a good friend. It's a compound word made of vor (before) and freude (joy).

verisimilitude [ ver-uh-si-mil-i-tood, -tyood]

noun:
1 the appearance or semblance of truth
2 something, as an assertion, having merely the appearance of truth

Examples:

He opens the novel with a preface about its source material and adds little details of verisimilitude - footnotes, sketches - throughout. (Loren M Hansen, William Boyd: 40 ( Read more... )

incarnadine [in-kahr-nuh-dahyn, -din, -deen]

adjective:
1 blood-red; crimson
2 flesh-colored; pale pink
verb:
to make incarnadine, redden

Examples:

Inspired by the dreamlike, incarnadine color schemes of the series' covers, this piece exudes a fresh and fearsome attitude befitting an unapologetic battler of demons and fantastic beasts. ( ( Read more... )

Tuesday, Jul. 2, 2024

Veteran (noun, adjective)
vet·er·an [vet-er-uhn, ve-truhn]

noun
1. a person who has had long service or experience in an occupation, office, or the like: a veteran of the police force; a veteran of many sports competitions.
2. a person who has served in a military force, especially one who has fought in a war: a Vietnam ( Read more... )

Vitiation - noun.

To vitiate means to nullify, destroy or cause damage, such as vitiating a contract or prevent the vitiation of a building.

vilipend [vil-uh-pend]

verb:
(Archaic)
1 to regard or treat as of little value or account.
2 to vilify; depreciate.

Examples:

The fact that to the eighteenth century belong the subjects of more than half of these thirty volumes, is a proof of the fascination of the period for an author who has never ceased to vilipend it. (John Morley, ( Read more... )

Velleity - noun.

Still a little stuck in vacation mode, I have the perfect word for the new year--velleity. We all feel velleity, those desires that never quite become reality ( Read more... )

Tuesday, Sep. 12, 2023

Verbiage (noun)
ver·bi·age [vur-bee-ij]

noun
1. overabundance or superfluity of words, as in writing or speech; wordiness; verbosity.
2. manner or style of expressing something in words; wording: a manual of official verbiage.

WORDS RELATED TO VERBIAGEcircumlocution, expansiveness, floridity, long-windedness, loquacity, ( Read more... )

Virago - noun.

IF someone calls you a virago, you may take offense or take it as a compliment!

At times archaic, it can mean to call a woman nasty or shrewish, or can also be used to describe a strong, spirited woman, like an Amazon.

Virago is quite interesting and I'll let Professor Wikipedia do the explaining:

A virago is a woman who ( Read more... )