Word of the day- 14
Today’s word
Kerflooey
means
Informal: to cease functioning, especially suddenly and completely, fall apart.
Pronunciation [ker-floo-ee]
The word is formed from the slang “flooey” meaning “amiss or awry”.
Today’s word
Kerflooey
means
Informal: to cease functioning, especially suddenly and completely, fall apart.
Pronunciation [ker-floo-ee]
The word is formed from the slang “flooey” meaning “amiss or awry”.
Today’s word is Valetudinarian means a person who is excessively concerned about his or her poor health or ailments.
Pantomime means the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech. or a play or entertainment in which the performers express themselves mutely by gestures, often to the accompaniment of music. or significant gesture without speech. or an actor in a dumb show, as in ancient Rome. or Christmas pantomime, a form of…
Paragon means an example of excellence. or famous footwear brand The poet’s debut collection was a paragon of eloquence.
Word for today is Embalm means to treat a dead body so as to preserve it with chemicals, drugs or balsams. to preserve from oblivion; keep in memory prevent the development of to impart balmy fragrance to The word originated from Old French embalmer ; emba (u)smer, equivalent to em- em-1+ -ba (u) smer, verbal derivative of…
Alexithymia means an inability to describe emotions in a verbal manner.
Today’s word is Gimcrack means showy but useless. or a showy, useless trifle; gewgaw. Gimcrack comes from the Middle English term gibe crake and is of uncertain origin. It may be related to the Old French giber meaning “to shake.”
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