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- Wed Apr 24, 2024 9:46 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Efferent
- Replies: 0
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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: 696
Re: Concord
Buffalo Bill Cody testified before Congress that owning land was comparable to the Europeans' understanding of owning sky.The local tribes thought the idea of "owning" the land not only incomprehensible,
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:52 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Cartoon
- Replies: 2
- Views: 460
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: 430
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: 696
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: 428
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: 543
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 ...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:28 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Hospitable
- Replies: 0
- Views: 650
Hospitable
• hospitable • Pronunciation: hahs- pit -ê-bêl • Hear it! Part of Speech: Adjective Meaning: 1. Friendly, sociable, cordial, welcoming, as 'a hospitable host'. 2. Open-minded, receptive, as 'a hospitable reception of new ideas'. 3. Agreeable, favorable, far from hostile, as 'a hospitable discussion...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:55 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Victim
- Replies: 0
- Views: 721
Victim
• victim • Pronunciation: vik -têm • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: Anyone or anything that suffers some misfortune. Notes: This word has the broad, general meaning above rather than the three or four definitions listed in most other dictionaries. It comes with a negative adjective, victiml...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:16 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Spanner
- Replies: 3
- Views: 671
Spanner
• spanner • Pronunciation: spæn -êr • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: 1. A tool for manipulating nuts and bolts, a wrench (US), 2. A Y-shaped tool with two hooks, holes, or pins at its top ends that fit for twisting a receptive object. Notes: Here is a widely used English word with definitio...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:12 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: peroration
- Replies: 2
- Views: 650
Re: peroration
However, welcome to the suggestion booth in the Agora, Drew. Next time check the Good Word dictionary or do a search in the Agora. Your suggestion was a good one, as our running it as a Good Word reflects.
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:29 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Epicene
- Replies: 0
- Views: 748
Epicene
• epicene • Pronunciation: ep-ê-seen • Hear it! Part of Speech: Adjective Meaning: 1. Having characteristics of the other sex, especially effeminate, dandyish. 2. Androgynous, bisexual, transsexual, suitable for or having characteristics of both sexes, unisex. 3. Having characteristics of neither s...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:53 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Despicable
- Replies: 0
- Views: 748
Despicable
• despicable • Pronunciation : di- spik -ê-bêl, des -pi-kê-bêl • Hear it! Part of Speech: Adjective Meaning: That should be despised, deserving scorn, vile, contemptible, repulsive. Notes: This word wandered so far away from its origin, despise, that some folks are resorting to despisable in its pl...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 9:50 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Billet-doux
- Replies: 0
- Views: 754
Billet-doux
• billet-doux • Pronunciation: bee-lay- du • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: No, today's word does not refer to nice lodgings for soldiers (but see the Notes). In fact, it is a term meaning "a short love note" or "love letter" used by die-hard romantics. Notes: Today's ro...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 8:43 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Aposiopesis
- Replies: 1
- Views: 571
Aposiopesis
• aposiopesis • Pronunciation: æ-pê-sai-ê- pee -sis • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: A sudden breaking off of a thought in mid sentence, as though the speaker were unwilling or unable to continue. Notes: Have you ever begun a sentence and, halfway through, suddenly realize you shouldn't be ...