Merriam-Webster

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day

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Merriam-Webster

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Arts

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Jul 11, 2026

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churlish 20.09.2023

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 20, 2023 is: churlish \CHUR-lish\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

pontificate 19.09.2023

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 19, 2023 is: pontificate \pahn-TIF-uh-kayt\ verb See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

zenith 18.09.2023

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 18, 2023 is: zenith \ZEE-nith\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

shofar 17.09.2023

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 17, 2023 is: shofar \SHOH-far\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

mellifluous 16.09.2023

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 16, 2023 is: mellifluous \muh-LIFF-luh-wus\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

demure 15.09.2023

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 15, 2023 is: demure \dih-MYOOR\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

harbinger 14.09.2023

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 14, 2023 is: harbinger \HAHR-bun-jer\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

abstain 13.09.2023

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 13, 2023 is: abstain \ub-STAYN\ verb See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

fallible 12.09.2023

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 12, 2023 is: fallible \FAL-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 .

injunction 11.09.2023

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 11, 2023 is: injunction \in-JUNK-shun\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

orotund 10.09.2023

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 10, 2023 is: orotund \OR-uh-tund\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

bellwether 09.09.2023

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 9, 2023 is: bellwether \BEL-WEH-ther\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

redound 08.09.2023

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 8, 2023 is: redound \rih-DOWND\ verb See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

disingenuous 07.09.2023

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 7, 2023 is: disingenuous \dis-in-JEN-yuh-wuss\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

pareidolia 06.09.2023

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 6, 2023 is: pareidolia \pair-eye-DOH-lee-uh\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

ambiguous 05.09.2023

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 5, 2023 is: ambiguous \am-BIG-yuh-wus\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

gauntlet 04.09.2023

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 4, 2023 is: gauntlet \GAWNT-lut\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

upbraid 03.09.2023

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 3, 2023 is: upbraid \up-BRAYD\ verb See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

copacetic 02.09.2023

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 2, 2023 is: copacetic \koh-puh-SET-ik\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

embargo 01.09.2023

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 1, 2023 is: embargo \im-BAHR-goh\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

pundit 31.08.2023

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 31, 2023 is: pundit \PUN-dit\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

caustic 30.08.2023

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 30, 2023 is: caustic \KAWSS-tik\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

oxymoron 29.08.2023

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 29, 2023 is: oxymoron \ahk-sih-MOR-ahn\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

assay 28.08.2023

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 28, 2023 is: assay \a-SAY\ verb See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

myriad 27.08.2023

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 27, 2023 is: myriad \MEER-ee-ud\ noun 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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