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- Word of the Day: Annus Mirabilis | Merriam-Webster
January 01, 2023 | a remarkable or notable year To British poet John Dryden, the “year of wonders” was 1666 That was the year of a great British naval victory over the Dutch, as well as the date of
- Word of the Day: Zenith | Merriam-Webster
But those years hardly marked a creative zenith for Cale Since leaving the band in 1968, he has released more than a dozen solo albums, ranging in style from orchestral pop to new wave and punk; collaborated with luminaries like Patti Smith and Brian Eno; and scored numerous films " — Olivia Horn, The New York Times, 18 Aug 2023
- Word of the Day: Grok | Merriam-Webster
September 26, 2023 | to understand something profoundly and intuitively Grok may be the only English word that derives from Martian Yes, we do mean the language of the planet Mars
- Word of the Day: Ransack | Merriam-Webster
November 21, 2023 | to look through thoroughly in a rough way Ransack carries the image of a house being roughly disarranged, as might happen when you are frantically searching for something
- Word of the Day: Exhort | Merriam-Webster
December 13, 2023 | to urge strongly If you want to add a little oomph to your urge in speech or writing—and formal oomph at that—we exhort you to try using exhort as a synonym instead
- Word of the Day: Gravitate | Merriam-Webster
November 13, 2023 | to move or be attracted toward something The force is strong in the family of words descended from the Latin adjective gravis, meaning 'heavy': gravitation has it, graviton has it,
- Word of the Day: Auspicious | Merriam-Webster
April 09, 2023 | showing or suggesting that future success is likely Some word knowledge to crow about in your next tweetstorm: auspicious comes from Latin auspex, which literally means “bird seer” (
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