Word of Today

16 July 2008

doyen

1 a: the senior member of a body or group b: a person considered to be knowledgeable or uniquely skilled as a result of long experience in some field of endeavor
2: the oldest example of a category

doyen@webster

lassitude – a condition of weariness or debility

lassitude@webster

putative

1: commonly accepted or supposed
2: assumed to exist or to have existed

putative@webster

Word of Today

15 April 2008

feckless – weak, ineffective, worthless, irresponsible

feckless@webster

Word(s) of Today

10 April 2008

Cornpone – down-home, countrified

Corn pone – corn bread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried

cornpone@webster

Word of Today

24 January 2008

apocryphally – of doubtful authenticity

apocryphally@webster