Word of the Day

 WORD OF THE DAY: ALLUSION noun | uh-LOO-zhun What It Means An allusion is a reference to something that avoids...

WORD OF THE DAY: CAVALIER adjective | kav-uh-LEER What It Means Someone described as cavalier shows no concern for important...

WORD OF THE DAY: VENERATE verb | VEN-uh-rayt What It Means To venerate someone or something is to feel or...

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...