The #WordOfTheDay is ‘vicarious.’
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syzygy | noun | the nearly straight-line configuration of three celestial bodies (such as the sun, moon, and earth during a solar or lunar eclipse) in a gravitational system

The #WordOfTheDay is ‘fatuous.’
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'Lay' has been used intransitively in the sense of 'lie' ('lay' down for a nap) since the 1300s.

The practice was unremarked until around 1770; attempts to correct it have been a fixture of schoolbooks ever since.

So for centuries, no one cared...

then one day someone did.

The #WordOfTheDay is ‘meticulous.’
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scroll | noun | a roll (as of papyrus, leather, or parchment) for writing a document
First known use: 15th century

scroll | verb | to move text or graphics up or down or across a display screen as if by unrolling a scroll
First known use: 1973

The #WordOfTheDay is ‘flout.’
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The #WordOfTheDay is Weltanschauung.
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The #WordOfTheDay is ‘luminary.’
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A majority is more than half the votes cast; a plurality is the largest number of votes, but less than a majority.

tortured | anguish of body or mind

poet | one (such as a creative artist) of great imaginative and expressive capabilities and special sensitivity to the medium

department | a functional or territorial division

Here are some of our favorite collective names for animals:

a murder of crows
a tuxedo of penguins
a bask of crocodiles
a destruction of cats
a tower of giraffes
a parliament of owls
a cackle of hyenas
a smack of jellyfish
an ambush of tigers
a wisdom of wombats

-“‘Helicopter’ does not come from ‘heli’ and ‘copter,’ but from ‘helico’ (from Greek ‘helix’ meaning “spiral”) plus ‘pter’ (from Greek ‘pteron’ meaning “wing”).”

-“Like in ‘pterodactyl’?”

-“Girl, exactly.”

The #WordOfTheDay is ‘quixotic.’
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#MerriamWebsterWrapped

'Authentic' is Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year!

Genuinely.

Patrick Mahomes II Proud of this edit.

‘Hurriquake’ is a new one for us, too.

complement-something that completes, or makes better or perfect

compliment- an expression of esteem, respect, affection, or admiration

'Complement' with an 'e' completes something.

'I' like receiving compliments.

The #WordOfTheDay is ‘nexus.’
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