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[4me2c]

Word for Today :

spontaneous

adjective | spahn-TAY-nee-us

Definition

1 : proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint

2 : arising from a momentary impulse

3 : controlled and directed internally : self-acting

4 : produced without being planted or without human labor : indigenous

5 : developing or occurring without apparent external influence, force, cause, or treatment

6 : not apparently contrived or manipulated : natural

[4me2c]

Word for Today :

contraband

noun | KAHN-truh-band

Definition

1 : illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling

2 : goods or merchandise whose importation, exportation, or possession is forbidden; also : smuggled goods

3 : a slave who during the American Civil War escaped to or was brought within the Union lines

[4me2c]

Word for Today :

antediluvian

adjective | an-tih-dih-LOO-vee-un

Definition

1 : of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible

2
a : made, evolved, or developed a long time ago

b : extremely primitive or outmoded

[4me2c]

Word for Today :

flout

verb | FLOUT

Definition

1 : to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn

2 : to indulge in scornful behavior

[4me2c]

Word for Today :

homage

noun | AH-mij

Definition

1
a : a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord

b : the relationship between a feudal lord and his vassal

c : an act done or payment made in meeting the obligations due from a vassal to a feudal lord

2
a : expression of high regard : respect

b : something that shows respect or attests to the worth or influence of another : tribute

[4me2c]

Word for Today :

prehensile

adjective | pree-HEN-sil

Definition

1 : adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around

2 : gifted with mental grasp or moral or aesthetic perception

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Word for Today :

vilify

verb | VIL-uh-fye

Definition

1 : to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame

2 : to lower in estimation or importance

[4me2c]

Word for Today :

doyen

noun | DOY-un

Definition

1
a : the senior member of a body or group

b : a person considered to be knowledgeable or uniquely skilled as a result of long experience in some field of endeavor

2 : the oldest example of a category

[4me2c]

Word for Today :

idiopathic

adjective | id-ee-uh-PATH-ik

Definition

1 : arising spontaneously or from an obscure or unknown cause : primary

2 : peculiar to the individual

[4me2c]

comity

noun | KAH-muh-tee

Definition

1
a : friendly social atmosphere : social harmony

b : a loose widespread community based on common social institutions

c : the courtesy and friendship of nations marked especially by mutual recognition of executive, legislative, and judicial acts : comity of nations

d : the informal and voluntary recognition by courts of one jurisdiction of the laws and judicial decisions of another

2 : avoidance of proselytizing members of another religious denomination

3 : distant cousin to what is shown on the Telly Today = Comedy...!!!