WORD OF THE DAY

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Friday, February 2, 2007

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moribund \MOR-uh-bund\, adjective: 1. In a dying state; dying; at the point of death. 2. Becoming obsolete or inactive. He put on a beaver overcoat, a present from a wealthy Petrograd banker and speculator, Ignati Porfiryevich Manus, whose niece had been moribund with fever until Rasputin's healing... Sign in to see full entry.

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homily \HAH-muh-lee\, noun: 1. A sermon; a discourse on a religious theme. 2. A moralizing lecture or discourse. 3. An inspirational saying; also, a platitude. Trumpets sounded, wine ran from fountains, bishops delivered homilies, magistrates presented the keys to their cities, triumphal arches... Sign in to see full entry.

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pellucid \puh-LOO-sid\, adjective: 1. Transparent; clear; not opaque. 2. Easily understandable. The prevailing atmosphere as one cruises Kukulcan Boulevard, the busy strip where most of Cancun's 122 hotels are clustered, remains that of an Orlando or a Las Vegas dropped intact next to pellucid... Sign in to see full entry.

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conflate \kuhn-FLAYT\, transitive verb: 1. To bring together; to fuse together; to join or meld. 2. To combine (as two readings of a text) into one whole. Scott Reynolds's creepy debut feature [film] conflates the present and the past with ingenious use of flashbacks. -- Anne Billson, "Bent beneath... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

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maunder \MON-duhr\, intransitive verb: 1. To talk incoherently; to speak in a rambling manner. 2. To wander aimlessly or confusedly. Two drunken couples... maunder in an all-too-familiar vein about love. -- Anatole Broyard, New York Times, April 15, 1981 It is a play with melodramatic themes, but... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, January 29, 2007

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overweening \oh-vur-WEE-ning\, adjective: 1. Overbearing; arrogant; presumptuous. 2. Excessive; immoderate; exaggerated. In a story as old as the Greeks, overweening pride brought condign disaster. -- David Frum, How We Got Here She was warring with her children, having pushed them away with her... Sign in to see full entry.

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gadabout \GAD-uh-bout\, noun: Someone who roams about in search of amusement or social activity. In his unorthodox and callow way, he frequently upset and annoyed his countrymen, but they continued to vote for him, perhaps taking a vicarious pleasure in being led by such a world-famous gadabout. --... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, January 18, 2007

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incarnadine \in-KAR-nuh-dyn\, adjective: 1. Having a fleshy pink color. 2. Red; blood-red. 3. To make red or crimson. Captain Dobo opened the castle's wine cellars and broke open the casks for his men, who greeted the sultan's soldiers without first politely wiping the incarnadine wine from their... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

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bowdlerize \BODE-luh-rise; BOWD-\, transitive verb: 1. To remove or modify the parts (of a book, for example) considered offensive. 2. To modify, as by shortening, simplifying, or distorting in style or content. The president did not call for bowdlerizing all entertainment, but stressed keeping... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, January 15, 2007

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chimerical \ky-MER-ih-kuhl; -MIR-; kih-\, adjective: 1. Merely imaginary; produced by or as if by a wildly fanciful imagination; fantastic; improbable or unrealistic. 2. Given to or indulging in unrealistic fantasies or fantastic schemes. But those risks are real, not chimerical. -- George J.... Sign in to see full entry.

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