The word today is Niggard
Niggard is a noun and DOES mean the following:
- A miserly, greedy person who stints and supplies sparingly.
- A false bottom on a fire grate, to save fuel and yet impress guests.
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A niggard is NOT a ni***r |
The word today is Niggard
Niggard is a noun and DOES mean the following:
- A miserly, greedy person who stints and supplies sparingly.
- A false bottom on a fire grate, to save fuel and yet impress guests.
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A niggard is NOT a ni***r |
The word today is Curmudgeon
Curmudgeon is a noun and means the following:
- An ill-tempered person full of resentment or stubborn ideas.
- An avaricious and miserly person often churlish in behaviour.
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You are all humbug |
The word today is Frippery
Frippery is a noun and from my research means the following:
- Something showy, trivial and not essential.
- Pretentious and indulgent show of excess or finery.
- Looking impressive but useless.
You exhibit Frippery by weaving things in your hair (Mr Richards).
A feather boa and a fur covered wallet are fripperies.
The word today is Fendersmith
Fendersmith is a noun (I think) and means the following:
- A designated role in (affluent) families, responsible for domestic fires.
- A Fendersmith sustains domestic fires, fireplaces and accoutrements'.
The word today is Lickspittle
Lickspittle is a noun and from my research means the following:
- A person who gives empty flattery for purely personal gain.
- A person deferring to others for self-serving reasons and favour.
If you need more start here.
There is an index of words of the day.
If you are brave or foolish enough to dig into the different types of words in English, try this.
Though I did not write the following poem I wish I had, for I admire its ability to express an obvious anger without any incitement to violence. Author PAUL ENGLAND is slowly documenting what we take to be his life’s experiences and I believe he deserves a wider audience.
The word today is Febrile
Febrile is an adjective and from my research means the following:
- Feverish or having a high temperature, with irritability or distress.
- Overactive, too excited, or overwrought by emotion or imagination.
The word today is Malleable
Malleable is an adjective and from my research means the following:
- To be malleable is to be capable of being shaped or reformed.
- To be malleable a person exhibits flexibility or is easily influenced.
A person said to be malleable is being regarded as a soft touch.
The word today is Punctilious
Punctilious is an adjective and from my research means the following:
- To be very attentive to details of personal conduct.
- To be exact to the smallest of details in or regarding behaviour, etiquette and social intercourse.
A person said to be punctilious is one who sticks to the rules
The word today is Pedantic
Pedantic is an adjective and from my research means the following:
- To voice a narrow viewpoint, often trivial, for adherence to "rules".
- A desire to focus on or to be overly concerned with points of order.
- In modern parlance: to cross every T and dot every I is pedantic.
The word today is Supercilious
Supercilious is an adjective and from my research means the following:
- To feel or show a haughty distain or indifference to others.
- To be overbearing because of unwarranted or excessive pride.
- To be snide or dictatorial because of excessive feelings of entitlement.
The word today is Duplicitous
Duplicitous is an adjective and from my research means the following:
- To be deceptive or misleading in ones actions or speech.
- To use doublespeak or be "two-faced" to confuse or mislead others.
- The deceiving of others, sometimes with the help of a third-party.
The word today is Sapphic
Sapphic is a word whose meaning is currently undergoing a metamorphosis, similar to the word gay (frivolity and light hearted fun) that came to be a collective meaning for the homosexual lifestyles of many sections of many societies. GAY has been expressed to me as "Good As You".
Sapphic is becoming a collective term for things related to the love or adoration of women and womanhood; it's use is not exclusively in the hands of the LGBQT+ fraternity.
Sapphic is an adjective and from my research means the following:
- 4 line poetry in the style of ancient Greek female, Saffo, from Lesbos.
- Saffo wrote poems of passion for women. Such work is Sapphic.
Sapphic in modern times is acknowledged to mean the following:
- Relating to love or admiration of women, not necessarily sexual lesbianism.
- An umbrella term grouping individuals who cannot or do not practice binary sex(uality).
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A person, organisation, belief system, object, or media promoting women, sometimes in a sexual way, is said to be Sapphic.
This entry confused me (65 year old straight/binary male), but start your exploration with a few starters: This or this, or this and this.
There is an index of words of the day.
If you are brave or foolish enough to dig into the different types of words in English, try this.
The word today is Sanctimony
Sanctimony is a noun and from my research means the following:
- Righteousness accompanied by an unwarranted attitude of moral or social superiority.
- Doing hypocritical and laboured acts of goodness, often with smugness.
- Having an appearance of devoutness and scrupulous moral austerity.
The word today is Pusillanimous
Pusillanimous is an adjective and from my research means the following:
- To lack courage and possibly be a coward.
- Said to be bereft of conviction and driven by contemptible timidity.
- Unable to propose action or exhibit decision making for fear of harm.
The word today is Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is a noun and from my research means the following:
- The naming of anything such that its vocalisation/sound is similar to that it describes or represents.
- Words are said to exhibit Onomatopoeia when they sound like what they mean.
The word today is Melancholy
Melancholy is a noun and from my research means the following:
- Sadness or depressed spirit often with a sense of gloom or foreboding.
- Pensive contemplation of something, sometimes wistful or desirous.
- An induced state of longing, often self-induced, tainted with self-pity.
Ennui is a noun and from my research means the following:
- Listlessness / dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; boredom.
- A painful or wearisome state of mind due to the want of any object of interest, or to enforced attention to something destitute of interest; the condition of being bored, with tedium.
- A feeling of weariness and disgust; dullness and languor of spirits, arising from want of interest.