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Word Of The Day: Scabrous

scabrous  scab-rous [SKAB-ruhs] adjective: 1. full of difficulties.

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Word Of The Day: Fribble

fribble  fribb-le [FRIB-uhl] verb: to act in a foolish or frivolous manner; trifle.

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Word Of The Day: Finagle

finagle  fi-na-gle [fi-NEY-guhl] verb: to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of)

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Word Of The Day: Impolitic

impolitic  im-pol-i-tic [im-POL-i-tik] adjective: not politic, expedient, or judicious.

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Word Of The Day: Jilt

jilt  jilt [jilt] verb:  to reject or cast aside (a lover or sweetheart), especially abruptly or unfeelingly.

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Word Of The Day: Waif

waif  waif [weyf] noun: a person, especially a child, who has no home or friends.

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Word Of The Day: Helter-Skelter

helter-skelter  hel-ter-skel-ter HEL-ter-SKEL-ter\, adverb: in headlong and disorderly haste

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Word Of The Day: Hyperhidrosis

hyperhidrosis  hy-per-hi-dro-sis [hahy-per-hi-DROH-sis] noun: abnormally excessive sweating.

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Word Of The Day: Rarefied

rarefied  rar-e-fied [RAIR-uh-fahyd] adjective: extremely high or elevated; lofty; exalted:

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Word Of The Day: Cyclopean

cyclopean  cy-clo-pe-an [sahy-kluh-PEE-uhn, sahy-KLOP-ee-uhn] adjective: gigantic; vast.

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Word Of The Day: Dreck

dreck  dreck [drek] noun: 1. worthless trash; junk. 2. excrement; dung.

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Word Of The Day: Psaltery

psaltery  psal-te-ry [SAWL-tuh-ree] noun: an ancient musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.

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Word Of The Day: Doggerel

doggerel  do-gger-el [DAW-ger-uhl, DOG-er-] adjective: (of verse) a. comic or burlesque, and usually loose or irregular in measure. b. rude; crude; poor.

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Word Of The Day: Pittance

pittance  pitt-ance [PIT-ns] noun: a small amount or share.

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Word Of The Day: Gynarchy

gynarchy  gyn-ar-chy [JIN-er-kee, GAHY-ner-, JAHY-ner-] noun: government by women.

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Word Of The Day: Bulbous

bulbous  bul-bous [BUHL-buhs] adjective: bulb-shaped; bulging.

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Word Of The Day: Troubadour

troubadour trou-ba-dour [TROO-buh-dawr, -dohr, -door] noun: one of a class of medieval lyric poets who flourished principally in southern France from the 11th to 13th centuries, and wrote songs and...

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Word Of The Day: Boniface

09 boniface  bon-i-face [BON-uh-feys, -fis] noun: any landlord or innkeeper.

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Word Of The Day: Habiliment

habiliment ha-bil-i-ment [huh-BIL-uh-muhnt] noun; clothes or clothing. b. clothes as worn in a particular profession, way of life,etc.

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Word Of The Day: Pari Passu

pari passu  pa-ri pas-su [PAH-ree PAHS-soo; Eng. PAIR-ahy PAS-oo, PAIR-ee] adverb: with equal pace or progress; side by side.

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