Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 6:01AM **Word of the Day- Acomia (adj)- Baldness.
“Many women believe Patrict Stewart, captain of the USS Enterprise in Star Trek, The Next Generation, is very cute because of his acomia.”
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 5:50PM **Word of the Day- Corybungus (n)- A person’s behind; butt; buttocks.
“In Forest Gump, Forest got shot in his corybungus.”
Monday, June 17, 2013 at 6:01AM **Word of the Day- Palpebration (v)- Repeated winking or blinking, especially if uncontrolled.
“She had a bad habit of palpebration when she got nervous.”
Sunday, June 16, 2013 at 6:00AM **Word of the Day- Nictitate (v)- Blink; wink.
“It can be unnerving watching Hunter Pence because he has a wide-eyed stare and never seems to nictitate.”
Saturday, June 15, 2013 at 6:00AM **Word of the Day- Gravitas (n)- 1) Seriousness; solemnity of manner or demeanor. “When she walked into the room, her attitude of gravitas quickly quieted down the class.”
2) Weightiness; substance. “Their laughing attitude directly contrasted with the gravitas of the situation.”
Friday, June 14, 2013 at 9:40AM **Word of the Day- Gnathonic (adj)- Sycophantic; flattering; fawning; obsequious; toadying.
“When she put on her gnathonic personality, he wanted to throw up because it was so not her usual vibrant, independent personality.”
Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 6:00AM **Word of the Day- Lucubrate (v)- 1) To clarify and add details, usually in a learned way by the written word; illustrate. “She lucubrated her radical ideas further in a series of magazine articles.”
2) To study, write or work with great effort over night. “During finals, the entire third floor of the dorm lucubrated the entire night.”
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 9:52AM **Word of the Day- Elucubrate (v)- To write, produce, or compose, by working long and diligently, usually at night; study.
“Her best time to elucubrate was between 2:00AM and 6:00 AM.”
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 6:00AM **Word of the Day- Abecedarian (n)- 1) Someone new to a field learning the rudiments of a subject; novice. “Kindergarteners are abecedarians to the written language and to reading.”
2) A 16th Century sect that refused to learn to read because they felt the Holy Spirit would give them understanding of the Bible. “The remaining Abecedarians had a real disdain for human knowledge.”
(adj)- Arranged in alphabetical order. “To make it easier for beginning readers, their sight words were arranged in abecedarian order.”
Monday, June 10, 2013 at 6:00AM **Word of the Day- Tyro (n)- A beginner in learning something; novice.
“Since he was a tennis tyro, they were reluctant to put him against the more experienced player in the tournament.”
