Definr Word of the Day

Definr Word of the Day http://definr.com/definr/wotd_rss A novel word every day! en-us fey definition <p><br /> fey (<a href="http://definr.com/fey">http://definr.com/fey</a>)<br /> <br />      adj 1: slightly insane [syn: <a href="http://definr.com/touched">touched(p)</a>]<br />      2: suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness;<br />         "thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat<br />         lightning"; "the fey quality was there, the ability to see<br />         the moon at midday"- John Mason Brown [syn: <a href="http://definr.com/elfin">elfin</a>]</p> <h3>Notable quote</h3> <blockquote> <p>The fey wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them. </p> <p>-- Charles de Lint</p> </blockquote> <p>Send your <em>Definr Word of the Day</em> suggestions to cvonkleist at gmail dot com.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/definr_wotd/~4/338999667" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/definr_wotd/~3/338999667/2008-07-18 http://definr.com/definr/wotd/2008-07-18 http://definr.com/definr/wotd/2008-07-18 dreck definition <p><br /> dreck (<a href="http://definr.com/dreck">http://definr.com/dreck</a>)<br /> <br />      n : (slang) merchandise that is shoddy or inferior [syn: <a href="http://definr.com/schlock">schlock</a>,<br />           <a href="http://definr.com/shlock">shlock</a>]</p> <h3>Notable quote</h3> <blockquote> <p>[On the American tax code] If I wanted to be bored by 6,000 pages of unreadable dreck, I'd read War and Peace four times.</p> <p>-- Lewis Black</p> </blockquote> <p>Send your <em>Definr Word of the Day</em> suggestions to cvonkleist at gmail dot com.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/definr_wotd/~4/338288715" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/definr_wotd/~3/338288715/2008-07-17 http://definr.com/definr/wotd/2008-07-17 http://definr.com/definr/wotd/2008-07-17 frisson definition <p><br /> frisson (<a href="http://definr.com/frisson">http://definr.com/frisson</a>)<br /> <br />      n : an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of<br />          surprise shot through him" [syn: <a href="http://definr.com/shiver">shiver</a>, <a href="http://definr.com/chill">chill</a>, <a href="http://definr.com/quiver">quiver</a>,<br />           <a href="http://definr.com/shudder">shudder</a>, <a href="http://definr.com/thrill">thrill</a>, <a href="http://definr.com/tingle">tingle</a>]</p> <h3>Notable quote</h3> <blockquote> <p>Today, I believe there's a kind of frisson of ambiguity. People think that ambiguity is somehow wonderful in its own right, an excuse for failing to investigate.</p> <p>-- Errol Morris</p> </blockquote> <p>Send your <em>Definr Word of the Day</em> suggestions to cvonkleist at gmail dot com.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/definr_wotd/~4/336760505" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/definr_wotd/~3/336760505/2008-07-16 http://definr.com/definr/wotd/2008-07-16 http://definr.com/definr/wotd/2008-07-16 avuncular definition <p><br /> avuncular (<a href="http://definr.com/avuncular">http://definr.com/avuncular</a>)<br /> <br />      adj 1: being or relating to an uncle<br />      2: like an uncle in kindness or indulgence; "showed avuncular<br />         concern"</p> <h3>Notable quote</h3> <blockquote> <p>First there was the Ron Paul revolution, in which an avuncular 10-term Representative from Brazoria County, Texas, raised more than $34 million as a pseudo-Republican candidate, garnered more than a million primary votes and outperformed Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson, all on the back of a get-government-off-my-back platform.</p> <p>-- <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1821675,00.html">Libertarians: A (Not So) Lunatic Fringe - TIME</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Send your <em>Definr Word of the Day</em> suggestions to cvonkleist at gmail dot com.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/definr_wotd/~4/335749473" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/definr_wotd/~3/335749473/2008-07-15 http://definr.com/definr/wotd/2008-07-15 http://definr.com/definr/wotd/2008-07-15 subjugate definition <p><br /> subjugate (<a href="http://definr.com/subjugate">http://definr.com/subjugate</a>)<br /> <br />      v 1: put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes<br />           any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her<br />           dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners<br />           subjugated the peasants working the land" [syn: <a href="http://definr.com/repress">repress</a>,<br />            <a href="http://definr.com/quash">quash</a>, <a href="http://definr.com/keep down">keep down</a>, <a href="http://definr.com/subdue">subdue</a>, <a href="http://definr.com/reduce">reduce</a>]<br />      2: make subservient; force to submit [syn: <a href="http://definr.com/subject">subject</a>]</p> <h3>Notable quote</h3> <blockquote> <p>Don't mock me my friend. It's a condition of mental divergence. I find myself on the planet Ogo, part of an intellectual elite, preparing to subjugate the barbarian hordes on Pluto. But even though this is a totally convincing reality for me in every way, nevertheless Ogo is actually a construct of my psyche.</p> <p>-- "L.J. Washington", character from Twelve Monkeys (movie)</p> </blockquote> <p>Send your <em>Definr Word of the Day</em> suggestions to cvonkleist at gmail dot com.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/definr_wotd/~4/334788133" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/definr_wotd/~3/334788133/2008-07-14 http://definr.com/definr/wotd/2008-07-14 http://definr.com/definr/wotd/2008-07-14 polyglot definition <p><br /> polyglot (<a href="http://definr.com/polyglot">http://definr.com/polyglot</a>)<br /> <br />      adj : having a command of or composed in many languages; "a<br />            polyglot traveler"; "a polyglot Bible contains versions<br />            in different languages"<br />      n : a person who speaks more than one language [syn: <a href="http://definr.com/linguist">linguist</a>]</p> <h3>Notable quote</h3> <blockquote> <p>Science fiction has always seemed to me such a polyglot, an exotic mistress, a parasite, a kind of new language coined for the purpose of giving tongue to the demented twentieth century.</p> <p>-- Brian Aldiss</p> </blockquote> <p>Send your <em>Definr Word of the Day</em> suggestions to cvonkleist at gmail dot com.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/definr_wotd/~4/334023986" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/definr_wotd/~3/334023986/2008-07-13 http://definr.com/definr/wotd/2008-07-13 http://definr.com/definr/wotd/2008-07-13 twaddle definition <p><br /> twaddle (<a href="http://definr.com/twaddle">http://definr.com/twaddle</a>)<br /> <br />      n : pretentious or silly talk or writing [syn: <a href="http://definr.com/baloney">baloney</a>, <a href="http://definr.com/boloney">boloney</a>,<br />           <a href="http://definr.com/bilgewater">bilgewater</a>, <a href="http://definr.com/bosh">bosh</a>, <a href="http://definr.com/drool">drool</a>, <a href="http://definr.com/humbug">humbug</a>, <a href="http://definr.com/taradiddle">taradiddle</a>, <a href="http://definr.com/tarradiddle">tarradiddle</a>,<br />           <a href="http://definr.com/tommyrot">tommyrot</a>, <a href="http://definr.com/tosh">tosh</a>]<br />      v : speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly<br />          [syn: <a href="http://definr.com/chatter">chatter</a>, <a href="http://definr.com/piffle">piffle</a>, <a href="http://definr.com/palaver">palaver</a>, <a href="http://definr.com/prate">prate</a>, <a href="http://definr.com/tittle-tattle">tittle-tattle</a>,<br />           <a href="http://definr.com/clack">clack</a>, <a href="http://definr.com/maunder">maunder</a>, <a href="http://definr.com/prattle">prattle</a>, <a href="http://definr.com/blab">blab</a>, <a href="http://definr.com/gibber">gibber</a>, <a href="http://definr.com/tattle">tattle</a>,<br />           <a href="http://definr.com/blabber">blabber</a>, <a href="http://definr.com/gabble">gabble</a>]</p> <h3>Notable quote</h3> <blockquote> <p>Looking back, I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was too. But better far write twaddle or anything, anything, than nothing at all.</p> <p>-- Katherine Mansfield</p> </blockquote> <p>Send your <em>Definr Word of the Day</em> suggestions to cvonkleist at gmail dot com.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/definr_wotd/~4/333283867" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/definr_wotd/~3/333283867/2008-07-12 http://definr.com/definr/wotd/2008-07-12 http://definr.com/definr/wotd/2008-07-12 superficies definition <p><br /> superficies (<a href="http://definr.com/superficies">http://definr.com/superficies</a>)<br /> <br />      n 1: the purely external aspect of a thing; superficial<br />           appearance: "the audience was held by the substance of<br />           the play rather than by the superficies of the<br />           production"-R.W.Speaight<br />      2: outer surface of an area or a body</p> <h3>Notable quote</h3> <blockquote> <p>...the whole figure of their enamored and inter-inanimate circling was suddenly revealed as the mere superficies of a far vaster pattern in four dimensions, and that figure as the boundary of yet others in other worlds...</p> <p>-- Perelandra by C.S. Lewis</p> </blockquote> <p>Send your <em>Definr Word of the Day</em> suggestions to cvonkleist at gmail dot com.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/definr_wotd/~4/332366232" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/definr_wotd/~3/332366232/2008-07-11 http://definr.com/definr/wotd/2008-07-11 http://definr.com/definr/wotd/2008-07-11 farrier definition <p><br /> farrier (<a href="http://definr.com/farrier">http://definr.com/farrier</a>)<br /> <br />      n : a person who shoes horses [syn: <a href="http://definr.com/horseshoer">horseshoer</a>]</p> <h3>Notable quote</h3> <blockquote> <p>You know you're a farrier when you wash your hands before you go to the bathroom.</p> <p>-- Dirty Jobs (television show)</p> </blockquote> <p>Send your <em>Definr Word of the Day</em> suggestions to cvonkleist at gmail dot com.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/definr_wotd/~4/331976304" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/definr_wotd/~3/331976304/2008-07-10 http://definr.com/definr/wotd/2008-07-10 http://definr.com/definr/wotd/2008-07-10 peignoir definition <p><br /> peignoir (<a href="http://definr.com/peignoir">http://definr.com/peignoir</a>)<br /> <br />      n : a loose dressing gown for women [syn: <a href="http://definr.com/negligee">negligee</a>, <a href="http://definr.com/neglige">neglige</a>,<br />           <a href="http://definr.com/wrapper">wrapper</a>, <a href="http://definr.com/housecoat">housecoat</a>]</p> <h3>Notable quote</h3> <blockquote> <p>The basic Female body comes with the following accessories: garter belt, panti-girdle, crinoline, camisole, bustle, brassiere, stomacher, chemise, virgin zone, spike heels, nose ring, veil, kid gloves, fishnet stockings, fichu, bandeau, Merry Widow, weepers, chokers, barrettes, bangles, beads, lorgnette, feather boa, basic black, compact, Lycra stretch one-piece with modesty panel, designer peignoir, flannel nightie, lace teddy, bed, head.</p> <p>-- Margaret Atwood</p> </blockquote> <p>Send your <em>Definr Word of the Day</em> suggestions to cvonkleist at gmail dot com.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/definr_wotd/~4/330462551" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/definr_wotd/~3/330462551/2008-07-09 http://definr.com/definr/wotd/2008-07-09 http://definr.com/definr/wotd/2008-07-09