Join Us On
An Encyclopædia Britannica Company
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Medical
Scrabble
®
Spanish Central
Games
Word of the Day
Video
Blog: Words at Play
My Faves
Seen & Heard Archive
Cartouche
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Store advertises a Persian Cartouche Burnout Shawl.
...
more »
Praemunire
My ancestor died in Ilchester prison in 1670 "under the sentence of praemunire."
...
more »
Positivity
Lenny Kravitz regarding his "positivity" of late. I thought "positiveness" was the noun.
...
more »
Condescending
Taylor Swift's song "Cold as You": "Every smile you fake is so condescending"
...
more »
Tonsorial
A friend referring to a haircut.
...
more »
Marge
A Robert Service poem: "that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge"
...
more »
Aquiline
"...his features, which would be considered aquiline later in life, now seemed feminine."
...
more »
Curmudgeon
Just heard it on the Today Show referring to Bill Murray's character in his new movie.
...
more »
Irenic
The Barbary Wars by Frank Lambert: a fierce enemy ... in contrast to irenic Americans.
...
more »
Discombobulate
"...Discombobulated by the distractions of his success." profile of Al Pacino
...
more »
Anomie
I read it in a film review of Bird People in the NY Times.
...
more »
Ratiocination
Edgar Allen Poe: "Some of the finest tales are tales of ratiocination."
...
more »
Hesperides
Found the word as a name of Fresh perfume.
...
more »
Flaneur
Flaneur Granville is the title of a photograph by Fred Herzog.
...
more »
Scute
Crossword puzzle clue: "reptile's covering"
...
more »
More Seen & Heard Comments
Prev
Test Your
Vocabulary!
Get Our Free Apps
Voice Search, Favorites, Word of the Day, & More
iPhone
•
iPad
•
Android
Join Us!
Get the
Word of the Day
and More
Facebook
•
Twitter
10 Charming Words for Nasty People
Put-downs with flair
Learn More
When "Literally" isn't, well, literal
How to use a word that (literally) drives some people nuts.
Watch Now
Know what this is?
Test your vocab with our fun, fast game
Go Play
Fear of cats?
Ailurophobia, and 9 other unusual fears
Learn More