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- Fri May 10, 2024 7:19 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Sentient
- Replies: 0
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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: 30
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: 81
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: 40
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: 60
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: 37
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: 44
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: 47
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: 43
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: 86
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: 61
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: 107
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: 182
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: 409
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: 393
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...