Merriam-Webster

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day

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From the fun and familiar to the strange and obscure, learn something new every day with Merriam-Webster.

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Merriam-Webster

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Arts

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Jul 11, 2026

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desultory 31.08.2021

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 31, 2021 is: desultory \DEH-sul-tor-ee\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

numinous 30.08.2021

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 30, 2021 is: numinous \NOO-muh-nus\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

lollygag 29.08.2021

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 29, 2021 is: lollygag \LAH-lee-gag\ verb See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

hubris 28.08.2021

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 28, 2021 is: hubris \HYOO-bris\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

amenable 27.08.2021

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 27, 2021 is: amenable \uh-MEE-nuh-bul\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

fugitive 26.08.2021

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 26, 2021 is: fugitive \FYOO-juh-tiv\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

ossify 25.08.2021

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 25, 2021 is: ossify \AH-suh-fye\ verb See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

cryptic 24.08.2021

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 24, 2021 is: cryptic \KRIP-tik\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

emigrate 23.08.2021

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 23, 2021 is: emigrate \EM-uh-grayt\ verb See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

liminal 22.08.2021

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 22, 2021 is: liminal \LIM-uh-nul\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

sophistry 21.08.2021

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 21, 2021 is: sophistry \SAH-fuh-stree\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

aghast 20.08.2021

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 20, 2021 is: aghast \uh-GAST\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

winnow 19.08.2021

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 19, 2021 is: winnow \WIN-oh\ verb See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

defenestration 18.08.2021

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 18, 2021 is: defenestration \dee-fen-uh-STRAY-shun\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

tousle 17.08.2021

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 17, 2021 is: tousle \TOW-zul\ verb See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

bromide 16.08.2021

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 16, 2021 is: bromide \BROH-myde\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

undulant 15.08.2021

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 15, 2021 is: undulant \UN-juh-lunt\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

scuttlebutt 14.08.2021

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 14, 2021 is: scuttlebutt \SKUTT-ul-butt\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

kvell 13.08.2021

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 13, 2021 is: kvell \KVEL\ verb See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

callow 12.08.2021

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 12, 2021 is: callow \KAL-oh\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

nimrod 11.08.2021

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 11, 2021 is: nimrod \NIM-rahd\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

garnish 10.08.2021

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 10, 2021 is: garnish \GAHR-nish\ verb See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

abject 09.08.2021

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 9, 2021 is: abject \AB-jekt\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

resilience 08.08.2021

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 8, 2021 is: resilience \rih-ZIL-yunss\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

pink 07.08.2021

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 7, 2021 is: pink \PINK\ verb 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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