Word Nerd Alert: Cavil
Verb to raise trivial and frivolous objection
Word Nerd Alert: Jocular
Adjective 1 said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful 2 given to jesting : habitually jolly or jocund
Word Nerd Alert: Sanguine
Adjective 1 marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic 2 bloodred 3 consisting of or relating to blood
Word Nerd Alert: Agog
Adjective 1 full of intense interest or excitement : eager 2 wide open : agape 3 full of wonder or surprise
Word Nerd Alert: Megrim
Noun 1 migraine 2 vertigo, dizziness 3 fancy, whim 4 depression; low spirits
Word Nerd Alert: Brummagem
Adjective cheap, showy, or counterfeit
Word Nerd Alert: Disenthrall
Verb to free from bondage : liberate
Word Nerd Alert: Portentous
Adjective 1 of, relating to, or constituting a portent 2 eliciting amazement or wonder : prodigious 3 being a grave or serious matter
Word Nerd Alert: Lucid
Adjective 1 clear to the understanding : intelligible 2 having full use of one's faculties 3 suffused with light : luminous
Word Nerd Alert: Pusillanimous
Adjective lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity
Word Nerd Alert: Cully
Noun one easily tricked or imposed on : dupe
Word Nerd Alert: Malleable
Adjective 1 capable of being altered or controlled by outside forces or influences 2 having a capacity for adaptive change
Word Nerd Alert: Acrimonious
Adjective angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner
Word Nerd Alert: Recondite
Adjective 1 difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep 2 of, relating to, or dealing with something little known or obscure 3 hidden from sight
Word Nerd Alert: Obstreperous
Adjective 1 marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : clamorous 2 stubbornly resistant to control : unruly
Word Nerd Alert: Hobbledehoy
Noun an awkward gawky youth
Word Nerd Alert: Indite
Verb 1 make up, compose 2 to give literary or formal expression to 3 to put down in writing
Word Nerd Alert: Flibbertigibbet
Noun a silly flighty or excessively talkative person
Word Nerd Alert: Imbue
Verb 2 to inspire, fill thoroughly, or saturate someone or something with a strong quality, emotion, or value
Word Nerd Alert: Anomie
Noun social instability resulting from a breakdown of standards and values personal unrest, alienation, and uncertainty that comes from a lack of purpose or ideals
Word Nerd Alert: Jejune
Adjective 1 devoid of significance or interest : dull 2 juvenile, puerile 3 lacking nutritive value
Word Nerd Alert: Idiosyncratic
Adjective 1 of, relating to, or marked by idiosyncrasy — an individualizing characteristic or quality
Word Nerd Alert: Ennui
Noun a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom
Word Nerd Alert: Censorious
Adjective harshly critical of others.
Word Nerd Alert: Ineluctable
Adjective not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable
Word Nerd Alert: Abstruse
Adjective difficult to comprehend : recondite
Word Nerd Alert: Desultory
Adjective 1 marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose 2 not connected with the main subject 3 disappointing in progress, performance, or quality
Word Nerd Alert: Peregrine
Adjective having a tendency to wander
Word Nerd Alert: Probabilistically
Adverb 1 in a way that is based on or relates to how likely it is that something will happen
Word Nerd Alert: Métier
Noun An occupation or activity that one is good at. An outstanding or advantageous characteristic.
Word Nerd Alert: Farrago
Noun a confused mixture : hodgepodge
Word Nerd Alert: Appropinquate
Verb to approach; to near.
Word Nerd Alert: Misoneism
Noun a hatred, fear, or intolerance of innovation or change
Word Nerd Alert: Collywobbles
Noun (informal, mainly humorous) Stomach pain or queasiness. Intense anxiety or nervousness, especially with stomach queasiness.
Word Nerd Alert: Spitballing
Verb to propose (ideas, suggestions, etc.) for consideration in an informal, preliminary way
Word Alert: Idempotent
Adjective relating to or being a mathematical quantity which when applied to itself under a given binary operation (such as multiplication) equals itself
Word Nerd Alert: Exigent
Adjective 1 requiring immediate aid or action 2 requiring or calling for much : demanding
Word Nerd Alert: Diffident
Adjective 1 hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence 2 reserved, unassertive 3 distrustful
Word Nerd Alert: Anachronistic
Noun 1 an error in chronology 2 a person or a thing that is chronologically out of place 3 the state or condition of being chronologically out of place
Word Nerd Alert: Impetus
Noun 1 a driving force : impulse 2 the effect of a driving force 3 incentive, stimulus
Word Nerd Alert: Juxtaposition
Noun the act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side often to compare or contrast or to create an interesting effect
Word Nerd Alert: Ostensibly
Adverb 1 in a manner that conceals or may conceal what is true or real 2 to all outward appearances
Word Nerd Alert: Impetuous
Adjective 1 marked by impulsive vehemence or passion 2 marked by force and violence of movement or action
Word Nerd Alert: Enigmatic
Adjective of, relating to, or resembling an enigma : mysterious
Word Nerd Alert: Perfunctory
Adjective 1 characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical 2 lacking in interest or enthusiasm
Word Nerd Alert: Asperity
Noun 1 roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger 2 rigor, severity 3 roughness of surface : unevenness
Word Nerd Alert: Pusillanimous
Adjective lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity
Word Nerd Alert: Inchoate
Adjective 1 being only partly in existence or operation : incipient 2 not yet transformed into actual use or possession 3 of or relating to a crime (as conspiracy) which consists of acts that are preliminary to another crime and that are in themselves criminal
Word Nerd Alert: Taradiddle
Noun 1 fib 2 pretentious nonsense
Word Nerd Alert: Circumspect
Adjective careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent
Word Nerd Alert: Affable
Adjective 1 being pleasant and at ease in talking to others 2 characterized by ease and friendliness
Word Nerd Alert: Verdure
Noun 1 the greenness of growing vegetation 2 a condition of health and vigor
Word Nerd Alert: Disparate
Adjective 1 markedly distinct in quality or character 2 containing or made up of fundamentally different and often incongruous elements
Word Nerd Alert: Lagom
Just learned the Swedish word lagom — "just the right amount." Not too much, not too little.
Word Nerd Alert: Waggish
Adjective 1 resembling or characteristic of a wag 2 done or made in waggery or for sport : humorous
Word Nerd Alert: Abstemious
Adjective marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol
Word Nerd Alert: Hiraeth
Welsh · Noun
Word Nerd Alert: Hector
Sound like anyone we know in politics? Hmm.
Word Nerd Alert: Obsequious
TIL a new word: obsequious obsequious adjective : marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness was always followed around by his obsequious minions
TIL: Foppish
📚 Currently reading: The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton — 19% through (p. 55 of 290). I was curious what foppish means.
Happy Palindrome Day! 6-26-26
Today's Date 6-26-26 Palindrome Day ← same both ways → Read it backward. Same thing. I find this unreasonably satisfying.
Word Nerd Alert: Quintessence
TIL a new word: quintessence quintessence noun : the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies : the essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form : the most typical example or representative the quintessence of calm
Word Nerd Alert: Octothorpe
TIL a new word: octothorpe octothorpe noun : the symbol # I've always known # as the hashtag or the pound sign — had no idea it had a whole other name.
Word Nerd Alert: Sanguine
TIL a new word: sanguine sanguine adjective : marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic a sanguine view/outlook : bloodred … the radiant heat from the cedar logs, whose sanguine colour made the silvered locks of his hair into a fantastic wreath of flames.
Word Nerd Alert: Clepe
TIL a new word: clepe clepe verb : name, call Sentence: “You might clepe your friend a rascal yet mean it affectionately.”
TIL a new word: agathokakological agathokakological adjective : composed of both good and evil From Greek agath- (good) + kako- (bad) + -logical.
TIL a new word: waft waft verb : to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium heavenly aromas wafted from the kitchen
TIL a new word: spreadeagle spreadeagle verb : to execute a move (as in skiing) in which the arms and legs are stretched out : to execute a move (as in skating) in which the heels are facing each other in a straight line : to stand or move with arms and legs stretched out : sprawl
TIL a new word: eldritch That is the description of the Widow's Bay.
There's a Japanese word for what I do: tsundoku. I have over 50 books sitting here waiting for me — and most of them are fiction.
TIL a new word. decoraphobia (n.)
TIL a new word: tootle tootle verb : to toot gently, repeatedly, or continuously : to drive or move along in a leisurely manner
TIL a new word: remonstrate remonstrate verb : to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate
TIL a new word: looksmaxxing.
TIL a new word: stultify.
TIL a new word: sycophant.
TIL a new word: gesundheit. gesundheit interjection : Said to someone who has just sneezed.
TIL a new word: untenable.
Being stranded on a ship in the ocean like that, with all the uncertainty about what is happening, is frightening. I would be scared, too.
TIL about that word: Ghorbat.
TIL glamping is a portmanteau of “glamorous” and “camping.” And tiny homes are leading the charge.
Word of the Day: Heteroflexible
Word of the Day Heteroflexible /ˌhet-er-oh-flek-suh-buhl/ • adjective, sometimes noun 01. 02.
Word of the Day: Equivocality
I learned a new word today… and it's one of those words that sounds exactly like what it means. Word of the Day Equivocality /ɪˌkwɪvəˈkælɪti/ • noun 01.
Word of the Day: Spurious
I learned a new word today. Word of the Day Spurious /ˈspjʊəriəs/ • adjective 01. Not genuine, authentic, or true.
Word of the Day: Anomie
I learned a new word today… and it perfectly captures that 'adrift' feeling when things change too fast. Word of the Day Anomie /ˈanəmi/ • noun 01.
Phubbing: The Word I Learned Just in Time for Valentine's Day
Just learned a new word tonight: phubbing. I’ll be honest, I’ve been guilty of this more times than I’d like to admit.
