Month 4- Word of the day 14
Sardonic
means
mocking
“Catch me if you can!” cried the felon with a sardonic laugh.
Sardonic
means
mocking
“Catch me if you can!” cried the felon with a sardonic laugh.
Today’s word Hoi Polloi means the common people or the masses. The word has Greek origins, where it translates as “the many”.
Deadpan means Showing no emotion. It is hard to remain a deadpan when listening to that clown.
Ibada means any of the religious duties of a Muslim, including the recital of the creed,the five daily recitals of prayers, the Ramadan fast, almsgiving, and the pilgrimage to Mecca. The word Arabic originated from ʿibādah act of devotion, worship.
Today’s word is Woodnote means a wild or natural musical tone, as that of a forest bird. It is formed on the basis of the words, wood meaning “a grove or forest” and note meaning “a musical sound or tone.”
Introspectionism means The doctrine that knowledge of mind must derive from introspection. You may like to read a related article here
The term private eye alludes simply to private i (short for an investigator). You may also call such a person a tec (short for detective), a gumshoe (from a quiet, rubber-soled footwear), a sleuth (from an Old Norse word for “trail”), a shamus (of Yiddish origin), or a hawkshaw (from a detective in the 1863 play The…