Wednesday, July 15, 2026

WORD MAN: Patronymic

 

WORDS FOUND RECENTLY

Atavistic: relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral.

Canalizing: providing with a canal or channel.

Contretemps: a minor dispute or disagreement. OR: an unexpected and unfortunate occurrence.

Epigenetics: the study of changes in gene expression that occur without altering the DNA sequence. 

Heterodyne: combine (a high-frequency signal) with another to produce a lower frequency.

Patronymic: a name derived from the given name of one's father or a paternal ancestor. It typically involves adding a prefix or suffix to indicate lineage.

Plenary: a meeting or session attended by all participants at a conference or assembly.

Prosaically: in a way that lacks interest, imagination, or excitement.

Scapegrace: a mischievous or wayward person, especially a young person or child; a rascal.

Usurer: a person who lends money at unreasonably high rates of interest.

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Tuesday, July 7, 2026

WORD MAN: Censorious

WORDS FOUND RECENTLY

Bevvy: an alcoholic drink.

Censorious: severely critical of others.

Doughty: brave and persistent: "his doughty spirit kept him going." Similar: fearless, dauntless, determined, resolute, indomitable.

Encyclical: a papal letter sent to all bishops of the Roman Catholic Church.

Lugubrious: looking or sounding sad and dismal: "his face looked even more lugubrious than usual."

Postprandial: during or relating to the period after dinner or lunch:

Prosody: the study of elements of speech, including intonation, stress, rhythm and loudness, that occur simultaneously with individual phonetic segments: vowels and consonants.

Serried: (of rows of people or things) standing close together. Similar: close-set, dense, tight, compact, massed, assembled.

Truculent: eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.

Tureen: a deep covered dish from which soup is served.

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