Word of the Day

WORD OF THE DAY: BROGUE noun | BROHG What It Means A brogue is a low shoe, usually made of...

SUBLIMATE verb | SUB-luh-mayt What It Means To sublimate something—such as an impulse, desire, or feeling—is to express it in a changed...

Merriam-Webster’s 2024 Word of the Year is polarisation, which happens to be one idea that both sides of the political...

WORD OF THE DAY: AMBIGRAM noun | AM-buh-gram What It Means An ambigram is an image of a written word...

WORD OF THE DAY: GALVANISE verb | GAL-vuh-nyze What It Means To galvanise people is to cause them to be...

WORD OF THE DAY: MISBEGOTTEN adjective | miss-bih-GAH-tun What It Means Misbegotten describes things that are badly planned or thought...

WORD OF THE DAY: DRUB verb | DRUB What It Means To drub an individual or team, as in a...

WORD OF THE DAY: HOITY-TOITY adjective | hoy-tee-TOY-tee What It Means Someone or something described as hoity-toity may also be called snooty or pretentious; hoity-toity people...

WORD OF THE DAY: COMPLAISANT adjective | kum-PLAY-sunt What It Means Someone described as complaisant is willing or eager to...

WORD OF THE DAY: ESCHEW verb | ess-CHOO What It Means To eschew something is to avoid it, especially because you do...