Month 5- Word of the Day 16
Vagary
means
an unpredictable instance, a wandering journey; a whimsical, wild or unusual idea, desire or action.
Vagary
means
an unpredictable instance, a wandering journey; a whimsical, wild or unusual idea, desire or action.
Musette means Also called musette bag. a small leather or canvas bag with a shoulder strap, used for carrying personal belongings, food, etc., while hiking, marching, or the like. or a French bagpipe of the 17th and early 18th centuries, with several chambers and drones, and with the wind supplied by a bellows rather than…
Word for today is Sylvan means of, relating to, or inhabiting the woods. The word originates from the Latin term for “forest” sylva. I came across this word while reading Mark Twain’s The Innocents Abroad; or The New Pilgrim’s Progress Below is the extract- The scene thrills one like military music!….wide grass- carpeted avenues that…
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…
Gregarious sheep in the Rheidol Valley. Sheep in the more remote parts usually scamper away when strangers approach. Gregarious means fond of the company of others; sociable. or living in flocks or herds, as animals. or Botany. growing in open clusters or colonies; not matted together. or pertaining to a flock or crowd. The word…
Connotation means the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning. or something suggested or implied by a word or thing, rather than being explicitly named or described. or in Logic. the set of attributes constituting the meaning of a term and thus determining the range of objects…
Camaraderie means mutual trust and friendship among people who spend a lot of time together.