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[4me2c]

Word for Today and Fitting :

cocoon

verb | kuh-KOON

Definition : to wrap or envelop in or as if in a cocoon

 

[4me2c]

Word for Today :

solecism

noun | SAH-luh-siz-um

Definition

1 : an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence; also : a minor blunder in speech

2 : something deviating from the proper, normal, or accepted order

3 : a breach of etiquette or decorum

 

[4me2c]

Word for Today :

forsooth

adverb | fer-SOOTH

Definition : in truth : indeed — often used to imply contempt or doubt

 

[4me2c]

Word for Today :

incarcerate

verb | in-KAHR-suh-rayt

Definition

1 : to put in prison

2 : to subject to confinement

 

[4me2c]

Word for Today :

maverick

noun | MAV-rik

Definition

1 : an unbranded range animal; especially : a motherless calf

2 : an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party

3 : Not really Tom Cruise...Lol...!

 

[Deadwood]

Word for Today :

maverick

noun | MAV-rik

Definition

1 : an unbranded range animal; especially : a motherless calf

2 : an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party

3 : Not really Tom Cruise...Lol...!

More like.... James Garner.... better known as "Maverick" on the Tv series Maverick.

 

[crazed 9.6]

what about that mad max guy ?
He was Maverick too... even had James Garner in there as his dad
And Jodie Foster as a girl

What was his name ? The Braveheart guy

 

[4me2c]

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Word for Today :

berserk

adjective | ber-SERK

Definition : frenzied, crazed — usually used in the phrase go berserk

 

[Gabacho]

Mel Gibson?

 

[4me2c]

New Word for Today :

Definition of aegis

1 : a shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena
2a : protection under the aegis of the Constitution
b : controlling or conditioning (see condition entry 2 sense 5a) influence passed new laws under the aegis of national security
3a : auspices, sponsorship under the aegis of the museum
b : control or guidance especially by an individual, group, or system under the aegis of the government

 

[4me2c]

Word for Today :

seder

noun | SAY-der

Definition : a Jewish home or community service including a ceremonial dinner held on the first or first and second evenings of the Passover in commemoration of the exodus from Egypt

 

[4me2c]

Word for Today :

permeate

verb | PER-mee-ayt

Definition

1 : to diffuse through or penetrate something

2 : to spread or diffuse through

3 : to pass through the pores or interstices of

 

[4me2c]

Word for Today :

pandiculation

noun | pan-dik-yuh-LAY-shun

Definition : a stretching and stiffening especially of the trunk and extremities (as when fatigued and drowsy or after waking from sleep)

 

[4me2c]

Word for Today :

expiate

verb | EK-spee-ayt

Definition

1 : to extinguish the guilt incurred by

2 : to make amends for

 

[4me2c]

Word for Today :

hypnagogic

adjective | hip-nuh-GAH-jik

Definition : of, relating to, or occurring in the period of drowsiness immediately preceding sleep

 

[4me2c]

Word for Today :

umbra

noun | UM-bruh

Definition

1
a : a conical shadow excluding all light from a given source; specifically : the conical part of the shadow of a celestial body excluding a light from the primary source

b : the central dark part of a sunspot

2 : a shaded area

 

[4me2c]

Word for Today :

deflagrate

verb | DEF-luh-grayt

Definition

1 : to burn rapidly with intense heat and sparks being given off

2 : to cause (something) to burn in such a manner

 

[4me2c]

Word for Today :

caduceus

noun | kuh-DOO-see-us

Definition

1 : the symbolic staff of a herald; specifically : a representation of a staff with two entwined snakes and two wings at the top

2 : a medical insignia bearing a representation of a staff with two entwined snakes and two wings at the top:

a : one sometimes used to symbolize a physician but often considered to be an erroneous representation

b : the emblem of a medical corps or a department of the armed services (as of the United States Army)

 

[4me2c]

Word for Today :

vanilla

adjective | vuh-NILL-uh

Definition

1 : flavored with the extract of the vanilla bean

2 : lacking distinction : plain, ordinary, conventional

 

[4me2c]

Word for Today :

regurgitate

verb | ree-GUR-juh-tayt

Definition

1 : to become thrown or poured back

2 : to throw or pour back or out from or as if from a cavity