Word of the Day — Archive Page #388
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November 19, 2016
98% 2% #42 votesWhat does clerisy mean?
- intelligentsia, clerisy(noun)
- an educated and intellectual elite
November 18, 2016
80% 20% #43 votesWhat does terpsichorean mean?
- dancer, professional dancer, terpsichorean(adj)
- a performer who dances professionally
November 17, 2016
100% 0% #59 votesWhat does cenacle mean?
- cenacle(Noun)
- a dining room, especially one on an upper floor (traditionally the room in which the Last Supper took place)
November 16, 2016
79% 21% #50 votesWhat does uxoricide mean?
- uxoricide(noun)
- the murder of a wife by her husband
November 15, 2016
88% 13% #28 votesWhat does braggadocio mean?
- braggadocio, bluster, rodomontade, rhodomontade(noun)
- vain and empty boasting
November 14, 2016
68% 32% #38 votesWhat does estivation mean?
- estivation, aestivation(noun)
- (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period
November 13, 2016
81% 19% #25 votesWhat does sparge mean?
- sprinkle, sprinkling, sparge(verb)
- the act of sprinkling or splashing water
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