Word/s of My Day

Layette (ley-ET) is an outfit of clothing, bedding, etc. for a newborn baby. This is my first time to encounter such a word as layette a...

Makebate (MEYK-beyt) is a person who causes contention or discord. "Are you a makebate? Because some people are just who they are -...

Terpsichorean (turp-si-kuh-REE-uhn) pertains to dancing or a dancer The word terpsichorean comes from the name of the Greek muse of dan...

Asyndeton (uh-SIN-di-ton) is  the omission of conjunctions, as in "He has provided the poor with jobs, with opportunity, with resp...

Gorgonize (GAWR-guh-nayhz) means to affect as a Gorgon; hypnotize; petrify Gorgons were ancient Greek mythological figures. They were t...

Fen is a low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh "The word fen is a very usual word in scrabble and a...

Poniard (PON-yerd) is a small, slender dagger; to stab with a poniard. Poniard comes from the Latin word, pungus , meaning "fist...