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- Sat May 18, 2024 9:47 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Viscous
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Viscous
• viscous • Pronunciation: vis -kês • Hear it! Part of Speech: Adjective Meaning: 1. Thick, mucilaginous, flowing very, very slowly, like molasses; syrupy. 2. Sticky, gooey, viscid. Notes: I was asked to remind us not to confuse today's word with vicious . I'm not sure how anyone could confuse the ...
- Fri May 17, 2024 7:33 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: University
- Replies: 0
- Views: 23
University
• university • Pronunciation: yu-nê- vêr -sê-ti • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: 1. An institution of postsecondary (after high school) education comprising more than one college or school, such as a college of business and a college of arts and sciences, possibly including a medical school...
- Thu May 16, 2024 6:59 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Prominent
- Replies: 0
- Views: 32
Prominent
• prominent • Pronunciation: prah -mê-nênt • Hear it! Part of Speech: Adjective Meaning: 1. Projecting outward, protuberant, protruding from a surface. 2. Standing out, outstanding, distinguished, leading (figure). 3. Conspicuous, that catches the eye. Notes: The noun from this adjective is promine...
- Wed May 15, 2024 9:46 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Aghast
- Replies: 0
- Views: 33
Aghast
• aghast • Pronunciation: ê- gæst • Hear it! Part of Speech: Adjective, anomalous Meaning: Shocked, terrified, horrified. Notes: Here is a word more often read than heard in ordinary speech. It is what I called in my erstwhile research an "anomalous" adjective because they are restricted ...
- Mon May 13, 2024 8:09 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Day
- Replies: 0
- Views: 38
Day
• day • Pronunciation: day • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: 1. The 24 hour period it takes the earth to rotate on its axis. 2. The interval of light between dawn and nightfall. 3. The portion of a 24 hour period occupied by human activity, as 'a workday' or 'school day'. 4. An historical er...
- Mon May 13, 2024 10:31 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Spartan
- Replies: 0
- Views: 40
Spartan
• spartan • Pronunciation: spart -ên • Hear it! Part of Speech: Adjective, noun Meaning: 1. (Capitalized Spartan) Pertaining to the Laconian city of Sparta in the Peloponnesus of ancient Greece. 2. Austere, simple, frugal, highly disciplined, self-restrained. 3. Resolute in face of pain, danger, th...
- Sat May 11, 2024 10:05 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Mother
- Replies: 2
- Views: 68
Mother
• mother • Pronunciation: mê -dhêr • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: The female parent, a woman who bears and/or primarily raises a child. Notes: Mother , the word, has borne a large and happy family of derivational offspring. The adjective and adverb of this noun are both motherly , which h...
- Fri May 10, 2024 7:19 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Sentient
- Replies: 0
- Views: 45
Sentient
• sentient • Pronunciation: sen -chênt or sen -ti-ênt • Hear it! Part of Speech: Adjective Meaning: 1. Having sensation or feeling, as opposed to being numb or dead. 2. Conscious, awake, even acutely conscious and aware, finely attuned to sensations. Notes: Sentient does not mean "conscious of...
- Thu May 09, 2024 10:24 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Vagary
- Replies: 0
- Views: 42
Vagary
• vagary • Pronunciation: vay -gêr-ri • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: 1. Wandering, meandering, rambling, movement without a goal, foundering, gamboling. 2. Something vague, without sharp borders but with erratic, unpredictable changes. 3. A whim, caprice. Notes: Today's is a lovely word s...
- Wed May 08, 2024 10:12 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Urbicide
- Replies: 2
- Views: 87
Urbicide
• urbicide • Pronunciation: êr -bê-said • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun, mass (uncountable) Meaning: Destruction of a city or its character. Notes: Today's is a Good Word so new Onelook can only find it in three marginal dictionaries. It can be found in the grandfather of them all, the Oxford Engli...
- Tue May 07, 2024 9:41 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Hare
- Replies: 0
- Views: 47
Hare
• hare • Pronunciation: her • Hear it! Part of Speech: Verb Meaning: To hurry, go swiftly, tear off, move fast. Notes: Here is a word we seldom hear or read but is still in use however rarely. It is used so rarely it hasn't been able to develop a derivational family. In Play: I associate this word ...
- Mon May 06, 2024 10:51 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Information
- Replies: 1
- Views: 76
Information
• information • Pronunciation: in-fêr- may -shên • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: 1. Facts or other knowledge about some specific subject. 2. The act of informing or anything conveyed by informing. 3. (Computer science) Processed, stored, or transmitted data. Notes: Since we are currently l...
- Sun May 05, 2024 5:52 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Effervescent
- Replies: 0
- Views: 72
Effervescent
• effervescent • Pronunciation: ef-êr- ve -sênt • Hear it! Part of Speech: Adjective Meaning: 1. Producing bubbles. 2. Lively, animate, in high spirits (personality). Notes: The noun for this word is created by adding either of the popular suffixes - s to it and spelling the results effervescence a...
- Sat May 04, 2024 8:07 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Rhinorrhea
- Replies: 0
- Views: 90
Rhinorrhea
• rhinorrhea • Pronunciation: rai-nê- ree -yê • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun, mass (No plural) Meaning: No, not a rhino's upset tummy; simply the medical term for a runny nose or what runs from it. Notes: Doctors seem to like the first element of this Good Word; it turns up in many medical terms, ...
- Fri May 03, 2024 6:12 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Harlequin
- Replies: 0
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Harlequin
• harlequin • Pronunciation: hah(r) -lê-kwin • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: 1. A clown dressed in tights with a multicolored diamond pattern, such as is associated with the Italian commedia dell'arte. 2. Any clown or buffoon. Notes: The harlequin ( arlecchino in Italian) was the most popu...