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Today’s Word is:
1. Strange; unearthly; weird; eerie.
Eldritch perhaps derives from a Middle English word meaning “fairyland,” from Middle English elf, “elf” (from Old English aelf) + riche, “kingdom” (from Old English rice).
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CF
Today’s Word is:
1. A person with special knowledge of a subject; a connoisseur.
Cognoscente derives from the Obsolete Italian, from Latin cognoscens, cognoscent-, present participle of cognoscere, “to know.”
Today’s Word is:
1. A trinket; a knickknack.
Tchotchke is from Yiddish tshatshke, “trinket,” ultimately of Slavic origin. It is also spelled tsatske.
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CF
Today’s Word is:
farrago \fuh-RAH-go; fuh-RAY-go\, noun:
1. A confused mixture; an assortment; a medley
Origin:
Farrago comes from the Latin farrago, “a mixed fodder for cattle,” hence “a medley, a hodgepodge,” from far, a sort of grain.
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CF
Today’s Word is:
1. A cheerful or eager readiness or willingness, often manifested by brisk, lively action or promptness in response.
Alacrity comes from Latin alacritas, from alacer, “lively.”
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CF
Today’s Word is:
1. Capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.
Efficacious is from Latin efficax, -acis, from efficere, “to effect, to bring about,” from ex-, “out” + facere, “to do or make.”
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CF
Today’s Word is:
1. Pathologically incoherent, repetitious speech.
2. Incessant or compulsive talkativeness; wearisome volubility
Logorrhea is derived from Greek logos, “word” + rhein, “to flow.”
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CF
Today’s Word is:
1. The act of studying by candlelight; nocturnal study; meditation.
2. That which is composed by night; that which is produced by meditation in retirement; hence (loosely) any literary composition.
Lucubration comes from Latin lucubratus, past participle of lucubrare, “to work by night, composed at night (as by candlelight),” ultimately connected with lux, “light.” Hence it is related to lucent, “shining, bright,” and lucid, “clear.” The verb form is lucubrate.
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CF
Today’s Word is:
1. Given to or characterized by gross excess in drinking or eating.
2. Suffering from or due to such excess.
Crapulous is from Late Latin crapulosus, from Latin crapula, from Greek kraipale, drunkenness and its consequences, nausea, sickness, and headache.
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CF
Kanye, this is for you.
Today’s Word is:
1. Powerful; strong; mighty; as, a puissant prince or empire.
Puissant is from Old French puissant, “powerful,” ultimately from (assumed) Vulgar Latin potere, alteration of Latin posse, “to be able.” The noun form is puissance.
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CF
