Word for Today :
lily-livered
adjective | LILL-ee-LIV-erd
Definition : lacking courage : cowardly
Word for Today :
lily-livered
adjective | LILL-ee-LIV-erd
Definition : lacking courage : cowardly
Word for Today :
artifice
noun | AHR-tuh-fus
Definition
1
a : clever or artful skill : ingenuity
b : an ingenious device or expedient
2
a : an artful stratagem : trick
b : false or insincere behavior
Word for Today :
hirsute
adjective | HER-soot
Definition
1 : hairy
2 : covered with coarse stiff hairs
Word for Today :
tontine
noun | TAHN-teen
Definition : a joint financial arrangement whereby the participants usually contribute equally to a prize that is awarded entirely to the participant who survives all the others
Word for Today :
vicarious
adjective | vye-KAIR-ee-us
Definition
1 : experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another
2
a : serving instead of someone or something else
b : that has been delegated
3 : performed or suffered by one person as a substitute for another or to the benefit or advantage of another : substitutionary
4 : occurring in an unexpected or abnormal part of the body instead of the usual one
Word for Today :
intercalate
verb | in-TER-kuh-layt
Definition
1 : to insert (something, such as a day) in a calendar
2 : to insert between or among existing elements or layers
Word for Today :
dauntless
adjective | DAWNT-lus
Definition : incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless, undaunted
Word for Today :
bonhomie
noun | bah-nuh-MEE
Definition : good-natured easy friendliness
Word for Today :
nurture
verb | NER-cher
Definition
1 : to supply with nourishment
2 : educate
3 : to further the development of : foster
Word for Today :
outlandish
adjective | out-LAN-dish
Definition
1 : of or relating to another country : foreign
2
a : strikingly out of the ordinary : bizarre
b : exceeding proper or reasonable limits or standards
3 : remote from civilization