Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024

Cornucopia (noun)
cor·nu·co·pi·a [kawr-nuh-koh-pee-uh, -nyuh-]

noun
1. Classical Mythology. a horn containing food, drink, etc., in endless supply, said to have been a horn of the goat Amalthaea ( Read more... )

anchorite [ang-kuh-rahyt]

adjective:
a person who has retired to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion; a hermit

Examples:

But Hardulph would not have been a hermit in the colloquial sense; he would have been an anchorite, meaning that he would have been anchored to the church and may have had disciples, Simons explained. (Lindsey ( Read more... )

Recrudescence - noun.

The return of an undesirable circumstance or person.

From Merriam-Webster:

Recrudescence comes from the Latin verb recrudescere, meaning “to become raw again” (used, for example, of wounds). Ultimately, it can be traced back to the Latin word crudus, meaning “raw” (If you suspect that crude also comes from crudus, you are ( Read more... )

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... )

dundrearies [duhn-dreer-eez]

noun:
long whiskers or side-burns on the side of the face when present without a beard


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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).

Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024

Hauteur (noun)
hau·teur [hoh-tur; French oh-tœr]

noun
1. haughty manner or spirit; arrogance.

Related Words
condescension, self-importance

See synonyms for Hauteur on Thesaurus.com

Origin: 1620-30; < French, equivalent to haut high ( haughty ) + -eur -or

Example SentencesSwinton has an especially good command of vampire ( Read more... )

boondoggle [boon-dog-uhl, -daw-guhl]

noun1 a wasteful and worthless project undertaken for political, corporate, or personal gain, typically a government project funded by taxpayers ( Read more... )

Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024

Lackadaisical (adjective)
lackadaisical [ lak-uh-dey-zi-kuhl ]

adjective
1. without interest, vigor, or determination; listless; lethargic: a lackadaisical attempt.
2. lazy; indolent: a lackadaisical fellow.

OTHER WORDS FROM LACKADAISICAL
lack·a·dai·si·cal·ly, adverb
lack·a·dai·si·cal·ness, noun

WORDS RELATED TO ( Read more... )

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... )