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- Fri May 03, 2024 6:12 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Harlequin
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Harlequin
• harlequin • Pronunciation: hah(r) -lê-kwin • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: 1. A clown dressed in tights with a multicolored diamond pattern, such as is associated with the Italian commedia dell'arte. 2. Any clown or buffoon. Notes: The harlequin ( arlecchino in Italian) was the most popu...
- Thu May 02, 2024 9:35 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Chastise
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- Views: 30
Chastise
• chastise • Pronunciation: chæs -taiz • Hear it! Part of Speech: Verb Meaning: 1. To castigate, rebuke, severely censure. 2. To punish, to inflict a penalty for an offense. 3. (Archaic) To purify. Notes: The noun for today's adjective is chastisement. Chastise comes with two adjectives, chastised ...
- Wed May 01, 2024 10:02 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Counter
- Replies: 2
- Views: 67
Counter
• counter • Pronunciation: kæwn -têr • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: 1. The flat surface of a long piece of furniture over which sales transactions or food preparation take place. 2. Someone or something that keeps count. 3. A marker in games requiring markers. Notes: Did you ever wonder w...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 5:57 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Glamour
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- Views: 49
Glamour
• glamour • Pronunciation: glæ -mêr • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun, mass (no plural) Meaning: An allure that comes from a combination of beauty, fashion, and style. Notes: Be careful spelling this word. Words ending on - our keep that spelling in British English, such as behaviour , arbour and tum...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 9:43 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Conscience
- Replies: 2
- Views: 96
Conscience
• conscience • Pronunciation: kahn -chêns • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun (Mass, uncountable) Meaning: That faculty of the human mind that guides our sense of morality, our sense of right and wrong. Notes: It sometimes seems that conscience is an optional faculty of the human mind and that some peo...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 9:43 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Figurehead
- Replies: 1
- Views: 137
Figurehead
• figurehead • Pronunciation: fig -yur-hed • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: 1. A carved figure on the prow of a ship, usually a scantily clad female, often a mermaid. 2. A person in a nominal leadership position without real authority. Notes: This is a great 'tip-of-the-tongue' stimulus; yo...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 5:42 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Ethereal
- Replies: 1
- Views: 157
Ethereal
• ethereal • Pronunciation: ee- thi -ree-êl • Hear it! Part of Speech: Adjective Meaning: 1. Flimsy, wispy, airy, floating along the edge of existence. 2. (Chemistry) Related to ether. Notes: This charming word is the adjective from ether , which to the ancient Greeks was the crystal clear upper ai...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 7:39 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Mutiny
- Replies: 0
- Views: 119
Mutiny
• mutiny • Pronunciation: myut -ên-i • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: An organized revolt against a legitimate authority, particularly aboard a ship. Notes: Here is a word closely associated with military organizations, particularly with naval ones. It comes with an adjective, mutinous, and...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 9:46 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Efferent
- Replies: 0
- Views: 111
Efferent
• efferent • Pronunciation: ef -ê-rênt • Hear it! Part of Speech: Adjective Meaning: Directed away from, carrying outwards; discharging, especially motor nerve impulses conducted away from the brain to an effector (muscle, organ, gland). Notes: This word is the antonym of afferent "directed to...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 9:34 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Concord
- Replies: 8
- Views: 412
Re: Concord
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- Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:52 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Cartoon
- Replies: 2
- Views: 201
Cartoon
• cartoon • Pronunciation: kahr- tun • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: 1. A satirical drawing intended to amuse viewers, a drawn or painted caricature. 2. A comic strip. 3. An animated movie or video. 4. A preparatory drawing for a painting, poster, or print, a preliminary sketch. Notes: Her...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 9:06 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Shudder
- Replies: 1
- Views: 198
Shudder
• shudder • Pronunciation: shêd -êr • Hear it! Part of Speech: Verb, intransitive (No direct object) Meaning: 1. To tremble or shiver convulsively, as from dread, cold or disgust. 2. To vibrate violently, shake mightily, as an aircraft might shudder when it hits an air pocket. Notes: This word is a...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 8:03 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Concord
- Replies: 8
- Views: 412
Concord
• concord • Pronunciation: kahn -kord • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun, mass (No plural) Meaning: 1. Harmony, agreement, consonance. 2. A treaty establishing peaceful relations between two parties. 3. (Linguistics) Grammatical agreement. 4. (Music) A combination of notes pleasing to the ear, requiri...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 7:34 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Dastard
- Replies: 1
- Views: 223
Dastard
• dastard • Pronunciation: dæs -têrd • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: An underhanded villain, a nasty poltroon, a knave who is rotten to the core. Notes: Today's noun has an adjective, dastardly, and a noun, dastardliness, the stuff dastards are made of. We bring this word up today because ...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 6:37 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Cadge
- Replies: 3
- Views: 326
Cadge
• cadge • Pronunciation: kæj • Hear it! Part of Speech: Verb Meaning: (Colloquial) To mooch, bum, sponge, or beg; to panhandle. Notes: Today's Good Word is used more in Britain than in the US. In the US we use mooch in pretty much the same sense. Even in Britain it is a bit old-fashioned according ...