OT- Word of the day.

[Iansidious]

Today's Word:
Airy-fairy pronounced like it looks.

adj U.K.
1. fanciful: fanciful or not grounded in reality (informal)
2. delicate: extremely fragile


[Mid-19th century. Perhaps originally in “airy, fairy Lilian,” in the poem Lilian by Alfred Tennyson.]

BONUS WORD! *woop woop woop*

Today's Bonus Word:
Fishwife pronounced like it looks

n
1. coarse and loud woman: a woman who is regarded as loud-voiced and lacking in manners (insult)
2. woman fish seller: a woman selling fish (archaic)

[Iansidious]

Today's Word:
Indolent (in*da*lent)

adj
1. lazy: lethargic and not showing any interest or making any effort
2. medicine painless and slow to change: used to describe a disease or condition that is slow to develop or be healed, and causes no pain


[Mid-17th century. From the late Latin stem indolent- “insensitive to pain,” from dolent- , present participle stem of dolere “to suffer pain.”]

[Alneyan]

It looks like I have failed in my duties of late; my purpose being to bump this thread. So here goes a word that just had me stumbled in a crossword.

Lodestar (prounounced as "lode"+"star" I gather). Noun.

1) A star used as a point of reference, especially Polaris.
2) By extension, a guiding principe or interest.

[Iansidious]

Lodestar is a great word. What I mean by that is, it's a great Scrabble word! Since you can have only seven tiles at one time, you wont be able to spell the whole word at once. But, you can spell L.O.D.E. or just S.T.A.R. Whenever you have the right tiles. Add lode or star to each other a make lodestar at anytime! Speaking of Scrabble. If you live in America, you will be able to watch a Scrabble match on ESPN, October third(Sunday) around the afternoon(check local listings). I happened to see one Last year, and I must say, it's fun to watch. So after that I should have myraids of words after. On to the words...!

Today's Word:
Lambaste or Lambast lamb*baste an easy one

vt
1. criticize strongly: to criticize somebody or something severely
2. whip: to beat or whip somebody (archaic)


[Mid-17th century. From lam + baste “to beat.”]

[Alneyan]

It is a great Scrabble word provided you are playing Scrabble in English. (I must admit I am having a tough time playing a Scrabble-like game in English; perhaps the habit of doing the same in French)

If you like similar words as lodestar, may I suggest forenoon or fortnight? Very nice for the same purpose, and they are much nicer than their more common equivalents of "morning" and "two weeks".

And since I have forgotten to post words for a couple of days, here comes a bonus update:

Flair (pronounced "flâr", if it is any help). Noun.
1) A natural talent or aptitude. A synonym would be a forte (and here I sneak a second word while still speaking of another one)
2) Having an instinctive discernment.
3) Distinctive elegance of style.

The word comes from "flairer", which means "to scent" in French (and likely in other Languages; Latin?). "Flair" is the noun based on this verb, but is only used as in the second meaning in French.

[Iansidious]

Oh my! I forgot about the Word of the Day! I feel bad now.


Today's Word:
Logorrhea logga reea

n
excessive talkativeness: excessive talkativeness, especially when the words are uncontrolled or incoherent, as is seen in certain psychiatric illnesses

[Iansidious]

Today's Word:

Aopcope

n
omission of end of word: the loss or omission of one or more syllables from the end of a word, for example, the shortening of “kind of” to “kinda”


[Mid-16th century. Via late Latin from Greek apokopē , literally “cutting off,” from koptein “to cut” (see comma).]

[Iansidious]

Today's Word:
Bildungsroman bill doongz row man(long a)

n
novel about somebody’s formative years: a novel about the early years of somebody’s life, exploring the development of his or her character and personality


[Early 20th century. From German , literally “education-novel.”]