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Word of the Day : October 20, 2020 Visage noun VIZ-ij Definition 1 : the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal 2 : aspect, appearance Did you know? The word face may be a pretty generic word, but it has several high-flown synonyms. Physiognomy, for instance, refers to facial features thought to reveal qualities of temperament or … Continue reading Word of the Day – Visage

Quotidian Quotidian adjective kwoh-TID-ee-un Definition 1 : occurring every day 2 a : belonging to each day : everyday b : commonplace, ordinary Did you know? In William Shakespeare's play As You Like It, the character Rosalind observes that Orlando, who has been running about in the woods carving her name on trees and hanging love poems on branches, "seems to have the … Continue reading Word of the Day – Quotidian

Word of the Day : October 16, 2020 Futile adjective FYOO-tul Definition 1 : serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective 2 : occupied with trifles : frivolous Did you know? Futile broke into 16th-century English as a Latinate borrowing from Middle French. The Latin derivative, fūtilis, was used to describe things that are brittle … Continue reading Word of the Day – Futile

Word of the Day : October 15, 2020 Kiln noun KILN Definition an oven, furnace, or heated enclosure used for processing a substance by burning, firing, or drying Did you know? The word kiln was kindled in Old English as a bundle of c-y-l-n. Unlike many words that descend from Old English, however, kiln is … Continue reading Word of the Day -Kiln