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- Wed May 08, 2024 10:12 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Urbicide
- Replies: 2
- Views: 64
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: 36
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: 56
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: 33
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: 40
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
- Views: 42
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...
- Thu May 02, 2024 9:35 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Chastise
- Replies: 0
- Views: 39
Chastise
• chastise • Pronunciation: chæs -taiz • Hear it! Part of Speech: Verb Meaning: 1. To castigate, rebuke, severely censure. 2. To punish, to inflict a penalty for an offense. 3. (Archaic) To purify. Notes: The noun for today's adjective is chastisement. Chastise comes with two adjectives, chastised ...
- Wed May 01, 2024 10:02 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Counter
- Replies: 2
- Views: 78
Counter
• counter • Pronunciation: kæwn -têr • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: 1. The flat surface of a long piece of furniture over which sales transactions or food preparation take place. 2. Someone or something that keeps count. 3. A marker in games requiring markers. Notes: Did you ever wonder w...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 5:57 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Glamour
- Replies: 0
- Views: 57
Glamour
• glamour • Pronunciation: glæ -mêr • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun, mass (no plural) Meaning: An allure that comes from a combination of beauty, fashion, and style. Notes: Be careful spelling this word. Words ending on - our keep that spelling in British English, such as behaviour , arbour and tum...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 9:43 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Conscience
- Replies: 2
- Views: 103
Conscience
• conscience • Pronunciation: kahn -chêns • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun (Mass, uncountable) Meaning: That faculty of the human mind that guides our sense of morality, our sense of right and wrong. Notes: It sometimes seems that conscience is an optional faculty of the human mind and that some peo...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 9:43 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Figurehead
- Replies: 1
- Views: 140
Figurehead
• figurehead • Pronunciation: fig -yur-hed • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: 1. A carved figure on the prow of a ship, usually a scantily clad female, often a mermaid. 2. A person in a nominal leadership position without real authority. Notes: This is a great 'tip-of-the-tongue' stimulus; yo...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 5:42 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Ethereal
- Replies: 1
- Views: 342
Ethereal
• ethereal • Pronunciation: ee- thi -ree-êl • Hear it! Part of Speech: Adjective Meaning: 1. Flimsy, wispy, airy, floating along the edge of existence. 2. (Chemistry) Related to ether. Notes: This charming word is the adjective from ether , which to the ancient Greeks was the crystal clear upper ai...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 7:39 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Mutiny
- Replies: 0
- Views: 329
Mutiny
• mutiny • Pronunciation: myut -ên-i • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: An organized revolt against a legitimate authority, particularly aboard a ship. Notes: Here is a word closely associated with military organizations, particularly with naval ones. It comes with an adjective, mutinous, and...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 9:46 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Efferent
- Replies: 0
- Views: 367
Efferent
• efferent • Pronunciation: ef -ê-rênt • Hear it! Part of Speech: Adjective Meaning: Directed away from, carrying outwards; discharging, especially motor nerve impulses conducted away from the brain to an effector (muscle, organ, gland). Notes: This word is the antonym of afferent "directed to...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 9:34 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Concord
- Replies: 8
- Views: 651
Re: Concord
Buffalo Bill Cody testified before Congress that owning land was comparable to the Europeans' understanding of owning sky.The local tribes thought the idea of "owning" the land not only incomprehensible,