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  1. simony | Word of the Day | November 17, 2019 - Dictionary.com

    Nov 17, 2019 · Rosa Brooks, "Meghan Daum's merciless take on modern feminism, woke-ness and cancel culture," Washington Post, October 24, 2019

  2. Word of the Day - existential | Dictionary.com

    Dec 2, 2019 · Ron Charles, "Is the end of an American dynasty a real tragedy?" Washington Post, April 29, 2019 The marble faces, which stand innumerable along the walls, and have kept themselves so …

  3. Word of the Day - donnybrook | Dictionary.com

    Aug 13, 2019 · Heather Alberro, "Utopia isn't just idealistic fantasy—it inspires people to change the world," The Conversation, June 21, 2019

  4. unicorn | Word of the Day | April 12, 2019 - Dictionary.com

    Apr 12, 2019 · Nick Miroff, Josh Dawsey, and Philip Rucker, "Trump is preparing to remove Kirstjen Nielsen as Homeland Security secretary, aides say," , November 12, 2018 Word of the day …

  5. Word of the Day - earthshaking | Dictionary.com

    Mar 22, 2019 · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez," The Return of Sherlock Holmes, 1905 Word of the day Previous Next Wednesday, March 20, 2019

  6. Word of the Day - majesty | Dictionary.com

    Sep 9, 2022 · The job of scholarch, or head of the school, went to Speusippus, Plato’s nephew. Aristotle left Athens shortly after Plato’s death and stayed away for around 12 years. Simon Critchley, “Athens …

  7. Word of the Day - quotha | Dictionary.com

    Oct 21, 2025 · Why Dictionary.com chose contemporaneous Load More Oct 18 interlard Oct 20 contemporaneous Word of the Day Calendar

  8. infare | Word of the Day | July 13, 2019 - Dictionary.com

    Jul 13, 2019 · More about infare Infare comes from the Old English noun infǣr “a going in, entrance.” In Scots and Ulster English, infare also meant “a party or reception for a newly married couple,” a …

  9. Word of the Day - bezoar | Dictionary.com

    Dec 12, 2021 · Loraine Fick, "The Magical Medicine of Bezoars," How Stuff Works, February 7, 2019

  10. Preamble | Word of the Day | September 17, 2019 - Dictionary.com

    Sep 17, 2019 · More about Preamble English preamble, “introductory statement or paragraph,” which has the variant spellings preambel, preambile, preambul in Middle English, comes from Old French …