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🌟 Word of the day: spiel
📚 Part of Speech: verb
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈspēl
📖 Definition: to play music

03.03.2026 17:00 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

🌟 Word of the day: exhilarate
📚 Part of Speech: verb
🔊 Pronunciation: ig-ˈzi-lə-ˌrāt
📖 Definition: to make (someone) very happy and excited or elated

02.03.2026 17:00 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🌟 Word of the day: paean
📚 Part of Speech: noun
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈpē-ən
📖 Definition: a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph

01.03.2026 17:00 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🌟 Word of the day: congruous
📚 Part of Speech: adjective
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈkäŋ-grü-əs
📖 Definition: being in agreement, harmony, or correspondence

28.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🌟 Word of the day: nettle
📚 Part of Speech: noun
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈne-tᵊl
📖 Definition: any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs

27.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🌟 Word of the day: knackered
📚 Part of Speech: adjective
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈna-kərd
📖 Definition: tired, exhausted

26.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🌟 Word of the day: onomatopoeia
📚 Part of Speech: noun
🔊 Pronunciation: ˌä-nə-ˌmä-tə-ˈpē-ə
📖 Definition: the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it the creation of words that imitate natural sounds (such as buzz, hiss)

25.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🌟 Word of the day: umpteen
📚 Part of Speech: adjective
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈəm(p)-ˌtēn
📖 Definition: very many indefinitely numerous

24.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🌟 Word of the day: culminate
📚 Part of Speech: verb
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈkəl-mə-ˌnāt
📖 Definition: to reach its highest altitude

23.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🌟 Word of the day: foray
📚 Part of Speech: noun
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈfȯr-ˌā
📖 Definition: a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils raid

22.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🌟 Word of the day: laconic
📚 Part of Speech: adjective
🔊 Pronunciation: lə-ˈkä-nik
📖 Definition: using or involving the use of a minimum of words concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious

21.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

🌟 Word of the day: encapsulate
📚 Part of Speech: verb
🔊 Pronunciation: in-ˈkap-sə-ˌlāt
📖 Definition: to enclose in or as if in a capsule

20.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🌟 Word of the day: syllogism
📚 Part of Speech: noun
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈsi-lə-ˌji-zəm
📖 Definition: a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")

19.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🌟 Word of the day: goldilocks
📚 Part of Speech: noun
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈgōl-dē-ˌläks
📖 Definition: a person with golden hair

18.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🌟 Word of the day: abdicate
📚 Part of Speech: verb
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈab-di-ˌkāt
📖 Definition: to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function

17.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🌟 Word of the day: prerogative
📚 Part of Speech: noun
🔊 Pronunciation: pri-ˈrä-gə-tiv
📖 Definition: the discretionary power inhering in the British Crown

16.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🌟 Word of the day: vertiginous
📚 Part of Speech: adjective
🔊 Pronunciation: (ˌ)vər-ˈti-jə-nəs
📖 Definition: characterized by or suffering from vertigo or dizziness

15.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🌟 Word of the day: canoodle
📚 Part of Speech: verb
🔊 Pronunciation: kə-ˈnü-dᵊl
📖 Definition: to engage in amorous embracing, caressing, and kissing pet, fondle

14.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🌟 Word of the day: rapscallion
📚 Part of Speech: noun
🔊 Pronunciation: rap-ˈskal-yən
📖 Definition: a person who causes trouble rascal, ne'er-do-well

13.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🌟 Word of the day: endemic
📚 Part of Speech: adjective
🔊 Pronunciation: en-ˈde-mik
📖 Definition: native to a particular locality or region

12.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🌟 Word of the day: tabula rasa
📚 Part of Speech: noun
🔊 Pronunciation: ˌta-byə-lə-ˈrä-zə
📖 Definition: the mind in its hypothetical primary blank or empty state before receiving outside impressions

11.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

🌟 Word of the day: besmirch
📚 Part of Speech: verb
🔊 Pronunciation: bi-ˈsmərch
📖 Definition: to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) sully, soil

10.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🌟 Word of the day: fortuitous
📚 Part of Speech: adjective
🔊 Pronunciation: fȯr-ˈtü-ə-təs
📖 Definition: occurring by chance

09.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🌟 Word of the day: meme
📚 Part of Speech: noun
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈmēm
📖 Definition: an amusing or interesting item (such as a captioned picture or video) or genre of items that is spread widely online especially through social media

08.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🌟 Word of the day: imbue
📚 Part of Speech: verb
🔊 Pronunciation: im-ˈbyü
📖 Definition: endow

07.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🌟 Word of the day: sartorial
📚 Part of Speech: adjective
🔊 Pronunciation: sär-ˈtȯr-ē-əl
📖 Definition: of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes

06.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🌟 Word of the day: adulation
📚 Part of Speech: noun
🔊 Pronunciation: ˌa-jə-ˈlā-shən
📖 Definition: extreme or excessive admiration or flattery

05.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🌟 Word of the day: diaphanous
📚 Part of Speech: adjective
🔊 Pronunciation: dī-ˈa-fə-nəs
📖 Definition: characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through

04.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🌟 Word of the day: hornswoggle
📚 Part of Speech: verb
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈhȯrn-ˌswä-gəl
📖 Definition: to trick or deceive (someone) bamboozle, hoax

03.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

🌟 Word of the day: prescience
📚 Part of Speech: noun
🔊 Pronunciation: ˈpre-sh(ē-)ən(t)s
📖 Definition: divine omniscience

02.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0