Word of the Day — Archive Page #385
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December 21, 2016
66% 34% #55 votesWhat does eudaemonia mean?
- wellbeing, well-being, welfare, upbeat, eudaemonia, eudaimonia(noun)
- a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous
December 20, 2016
80% 20% #53 votesWhat does insouciance mean?
- carefreeness, insouciance, lightheartedness, lightsomeness(noun)
- the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you
December 19, 2016
66% 34% #42 votesWhat does Samarkand mean?
- Samarkand, Samarcand(noun)
- city in southern Uzbekistan; Tamerlane's opulent capital in the 14th century
December 18, 2016
79% 21% #42 votesWhat does viviparous mean?
- viviparous, live-bearing(adj)
- producing living young (not eggs)
December 17, 2016
76% 24% #37 votesWhat does autochthonous mean?
- autochthonous(adj)
- of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their constituents were formed
December 16, 2016
86% 14% #37 votesWhat does wizened mean?
- shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened(adj)
- lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
December 15, 2016
35% 65% #61 votesWhat does eidos mean?
- eidos(noun)
- (anthropology) the distinctive expression of the cognitive or intellectual character of a culture or a social group
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