Merriam-Webster

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day

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Merriam-Webster

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Jul 11, 2026

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disputatious 01.02.2025

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for February 1, 2025 is: disputatious \dis-pyuh-TAY-shus\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

encroach 31.01.2025

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 31, 2025 is: encroach \in-KROHCH\ verb See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

audition 30.01.2025

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 30, 2025 is: audition \aw-DISH-un\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

facetious 29.01.2025

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 29, 2025 is: facetious \fuh-SEE-shuss\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

sward 28.01.2025

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 28, 2025 is: sward \SWORD\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

edify 27.01.2025

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 27, 2025 is: edify \ED-uh-fye\ verb See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

circuitous 26.01.2025

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 26, 2025 is: circuitous \ser-KYOO-uh-tus\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

nomenclature 25.01.2025

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 25, 2025 is: nomenclature \NOH-mun-klay-cher\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

divers 24.01.2025

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 24, 2025 is: divers \DYE-verz\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

wanderlust 23.01.2025

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 23, 2025 is: wanderlust \WAHN-der-lust\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

opine 22.01.2025

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 22, 2025 is: opine \oh-PYNE\ verb See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

gourmand 21.01.2025

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 21, 2025 is: gourmand \GOOR-mahnd\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

inimitable 20.01.2025

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 20, 2025 is: inimitable \in-IM-it-uh-bul\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

virtuoso 19.01.2025

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 19, 2025 is: virtuoso \ver-choo-OH-soh\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

minuscule 18.01.2025

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 18, 2025 is: minuscule \MIN-uh-skyool\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

apprehension 17.01.2025

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 17, 2025 is: apprehension \ap-rih-HEN-shun\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

parlay 16.01.2025

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 16, 2025 is: parlay \PAHR-lay\ verb See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

hackneyed 15.01.2025

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 15, 2025 is: hackneyed \HAK-need\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

deus ex machina 14.01.2025

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 14, 2025 is: deus ex machina \DAY-us-eks-MAH-kih-nuh\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

secular 13.01.2025

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 13, 2025 is: secular \SEK-yuh-ler\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

leitmotif 12.01.2025

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 12, 2025 is: leitmotif \LYTE-moh-teef\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

cozen 11.01.2025

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 11, 2025 is: cozen \KUZ-un\ verb See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

untenable 10.01.2025

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 10, 2025 is: untenable \un-TEN-uh-bul\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

excursion 09.01.2025

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 9, 2025 is: excursion \ik-SKER-zhun\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

gelid 08.01.2025

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 8, 2025 is: gelid \JELL-id\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

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