by admin | Dec 9, 2024 | Weekly Word
plus, win, wi Wassail Definition noun 1. An old English toast used when drinking the health of a person. The traditional reply is drink-hail. 2. A hot drink made from hot mulled cider, wine, or ale, plus spices, and (often) baked apples. It’s traditionally...
by admin | Dec 4, 2024 | Weekly Word
Behindhand Definition adjective 1. Late or tardy 2. Behind in accomplishing a task or paying a debt 3. Behind in a trend, not keeping up 4. Not having enough of 5. Inferior, less advanced 6. Delayed in development adverb 1. Belatedly or tardily 2. In debt ...
by admin | Nov 24, 2024 | Weekly Word
Ablution (usually used in the plural) Definition Noun 1. The act of washing oneself. 2. Formal: The washing of one’s body or part of it as part of a religious rite (part of religious purification). 3. The cleansing of sacred containers or other objects....
by admin | Nov 17, 2024 | Weekly Word
Axolotl Definition Noun 1. A feathery-gilled salamander also known as the Mexican walking fish, the axolotl never outgrows its juvenile stage (retaining its external gills through life) and can only briefly survive out of the water. It can regrow almost any lost or...
by admin | Nov 10, 2024 | Weekly Word
Cerulean Definition adjective 1. A hue of blue with a slight green tint, it is between azure and teal. It is often described as the color of the sky on a clear day. In RGB color coordinates, I found (0, 123, 167), (0, 127, 255), (29, 172, 214), and several other...
by admin | Nov 3, 2024 | Weekly Word
Ineluctable Definition adjective 1. fated; unpreventable; not to be avoided, changed, or resisted; not to be escaped by struggling In epic fantasy, the main character has an ineluctable final challenge. Word Origin Latin in (not, opposite of) +...
