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Regnadkcin
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Jeremiad - a long work, usually prose, where the writer laments the state of society with severe invection containing a prophesy of imminant downfall.
Tiger
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The word is "Gitana"
hayley
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The word is "Gitana"




Ty, I hadn't heard this word before... had me googling.

So pleased I did biggrin
Tiger
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The word is "Gitana"




Ty, I hadn't heard this word before... had me googling.

So pleased I did biggrin


I can send you lots more links Hayles.

Drom
etairay
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what

I chose this word because I can 😂😂😂 just kidding ..it was the first word that came to me, when I first saw this thread

What - asking for information specifying something or asking for repetition of something not heard or confirmation of something not understood
AnnaMayZing
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A word that should be the antonym of Flammable but is, in fact a synonym!!



"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana
etairay
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Oh that's me ..clinomania 😂😂😂👍



meh

- expressing a lack of interest or enthusiasm
- uninspiring; unexceptional
etairay
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sunshine

- direct sunlight unbroken by cloud, especially over a comparatively large area
- used as a friendly or sometimes threatening form of address
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Simple, really: Just state your word of the day. Pick a word, any word, obscure or not. Modern or archaic. Just remember to explain why it's the word of the day, and what it means.

My word is immolation. The reason for this is because it is a word that makes me laugh, though killing something with fire ain't funny, the word itself is.


Ormolu - noun

Also called mosaic gold. an alloy of copper and zinc used to imitate gold.
Also called bronze doré, gilt bronze. gilded metal, especially cast brass or bronze gilded over fire with an amalgam of gold and mercury, used for furniture mounts and ornamental objects.
gold or gold powder prepared for use in gilding.

a gold-coloured alloy of copper, tin, or zinc used to decorate furniture, mouldings, etc
(as modifier)an ormolu clock
gold prepared to be used for gilding


Etymology: From the French: or moulu - "or" - gold "moulu" ground - ormoulu

It's my word of the day because I love the sound of it, when spoken. If the "r" in "or" is rolled on the tongue before sliding onto "moulu", it makes me think it should be the name for an exotic bird, whose cry would sound like that.

This is so far from the actual meaning of the word, that the strangeness of it pleases me even more, so it is my word of the day.
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Ormolu - noun



That is quite some word. I like it a lot, and until now hadn't heard of it.

My word is going to be: Potentiometer. An electronic device used to control the value of a circuit, most commonly used as a volume contrl. In thje giutar community, it's often shortened to "pot", but the full word "potentiometer" has a nice roundness to it. Po-ten-shee-omm-et-er.
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