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- Mon Apr 22, 2024 9:06 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Shudder
- Replies: 0
- Views: 26
Shudder
• shudder • Pronunciation: shêd -êr • Hear it! Part of Speech: Verb, intransitive (No direct object) Meaning: 1. To tremble or shiver convulsively, as from dread, cold or disgust. 2. To vibrate violently, shake mightily, as an aircraft might shudder when it hits an air pocket. Notes: This word is a...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 8:03 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Concord
- Replies: 1
- Views: 55
Concord
• concord • Pronunciation: kahn -kord • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun, mass (No plural) Meaning: 1. Harmony, agreement, consonance. 2. A treaty establishing peaceful relations between two parties. 3. (Linguistics) Grammatical agreement. 4. (Music) A combination of notes pleasing to the ear, requiri...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 7:34 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Dastard
- Replies: 1
- Views: 92
Dastard
• dastard • Pronunciation: dæs -têrd • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: An underhanded villain, a nasty poltroon, a knave who is rotten to the core. Notes: Today's noun has an adjective, dastardly, and a noun, dastardliness, the stuff dastards are made of. We bring this word up today because ...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 6:37 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Cadge
- Replies: 1
- Views: 91
Cadge
• cadge • Pronunciation: kæj • Hear it! Part of Speech: Verb Meaning: (Colloquial) To mooch, bum, sponge, or beg; to panhandle. Notes: Today's Good Word is used more in Britain than in the US. In the US we use mooch in pretty much the same sense. Even in Britain it is a bit old-fashioned according ...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:28 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Hospitable
- Replies: 0
- Views: 87
Hospitable
• hospitable • Pronunciation: hahs- pit -ê-bêl • Hear it! Part of Speech: Adjective Meaning: 1. Friendly, sociable, cordial, welcoming, as 'a hospitable host'. 2. Open-minded, receptive, as 'a hospitable reception of new ideas'. 3. Agreeable, favorable, far from hostile, as 'a hospitable discussion...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:55 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Victim
- Replies: 0
- Views: 88
Victim
• victim • Pronunciation: vik -têm • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: Anyone or anything that suffers some misfortune. Notes: This word has the broad, general meaning above rather than the three or four definitions listed in most other dictionaries. It comes with a negative adjective, victiml...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:16 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Spanner
- Replies: 3
- Views: 137
Spanner
• spanner • Pronunciation: spæn -êr • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: 1. A tool for manipulating nuts and bolts, a wrench (US), 2. A Y-shaped tool with two hooks, holes, or pins at its top ends that fit for twisting a receptive object. Notes: Here is a widely used English word with definitio...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:12 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: peroration
- Replies: 2
- Views: 148
Re: peroration
However, welcome to the suggestion booth in the Agora, Drew. Next time check the Good Word dictionary or do a search in the Agora. Your suggestion was a good one, as our running it as a Good Word reflects.
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:29 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Epicene
- Replies: 0
- Views: 100
Epicene
• epicene • Pronunciation: ep-ê-seen • Hear it! Part of Speech: Adjective Meaning: 1. Having characteristics of the other sex, especially effeminate, dandyish. 2. Androgynous, bisexual, transsexual, suitable for or having characteristics of both sexes, unisex. 3. Having characteristics of neither s...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:53 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Despicable
- Replies: 0
- Views: 142
Despicable
• despicable • Pronunciation : di- spik -ê-bêl, des -pi-kê-bêl • Hear it! Part of Speech: Adjective Meaning: That should be despised, deserving scorn, vile, contemptible, repulsive. Notes: This word wandered so far away from its origin, despise, that some folks are resorting to despisable in its pl...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 9:50 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Billet-doux
- Replies: 0
- Views: 131
Billet-doux
• billet-doux • Pronunciation: bee-lay- du • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: No, today's word does not refer to nice lodgings for soldiers (but see the Notes). In fact, it is a term meaning "a short love note" or "love letter" used by die-hard romantics. Notes: Today's ro...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 8:43 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Aposiopesis
- Replies: 1
- Views: 115
Aposiopesis
• aposiopesis • Pronunciation: æ-pê-sai-ê- pee -sis • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: A sudden breaking off of a thought in mid sentence, as though the speaker were unwilling or unable to continue. Notes: Have you ever begun a sentence and, halfway through, suddenly realize you shouldn't be ...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 6:08 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: VELUTINOUS
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13023
Re: VELUTINOUS
Here is a comment sent me by e-mail from Michael: Today’s word, velutinous , sounds a lot like the French mother sauce, velouté . I was told in culinary school that velouté means velvety, which is what the sauce’s consistency should be. My response: Of course, you are right. Vulgar (street) Latin wo...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 5:53 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Stripling
- Replies: 0
- Views: 137
Stripling
• stripling • Pronunciation: strip -ling • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: 1. Boy, youth, lad, teenager, or young male adult; a youngster. 2. (Horticulture) A seedling stripped of its leaves. Notes: Today's is a rather odd word since it usually refers to a fully clothed youth though it coinc...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 7:40 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Caboose
- Replies: 0
- Views: 137
Caboose
• caboose • Pronunciation: kê- bus • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: 1. A ship's galley. 2. The last car on a freight train for the use of the crew. 3. A follower, someone who brings up the rear. 4. The buttocks. https://www.alphadictionary.com/images/caboose.gif Notes: Here is a word referr...