Category: todaysword
Today’s Word: PROTEAN
Protean: \PROH-tee-uh n, proh-TEE-\ ADJECTIVE Readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable. Changeable in shape or form, as an amoeba. QUOTES A...
Today’s Word: Mnemonic
Mnemonic = \ni-MON-ik\ NOUN something intended to assist the memory, as a verse or formula. Computers. a programming code that is easy to remember, as STO for...
Today’s Word: laconic
laconic — \luh-KON-ik\ ADJECTIVE using few words; expressing much in few words; concise: a laconic reply. QUOTES Veni, vidi, vici: I came, I saw, I conquered…...
Today’s Word: Eleemosynary
Eleemosynary: \el-uh-MOS-uh-ner-ee\ Adjective of or relating to alms, charity, or charitable donations; charitable. derived from or provided by charity. Quotes An author...
Today’s Word: Festinate
Festinate: \FES-tuh-neyt\ Verb to hurry; hasten. Adjective hurried. Quotes Move—move—move! Put some order on things! Come on, Sarah—hide that bucket. Whose are...
Today’s Word: Mondegreen
Mondegreen — \MON-di-green\ Noun 1. a misinterpretation of a word or phrase that has been heard, especially a song lyric. Quotes One of the reasons that “Excuse...
Today’s Word: Ballyhoo
Ballyhoo – \BAL-ee-hoo\ Noun 1. A clamorous and vigorous attempt to win customers or advance any cause; blatant advertising or publicity. 2. Clamour or outcry....
Today’s Word: Chiliad
Chiliad — \KIL-ee-ad\ Noun a group of 1000. a period of 1000 years. Quotes In 1811 Chernac’s Cribrum Arithmeticum was published, to the great joy of Gauss,...
