In recognition of the Winter Olympics, today’s word is piste, and although we all use it with reference to ski-ing, the first meaning (and that chosen by the OED) is: ‘A trail or track beaten by a horse, mule, etc.;…
DelFebruary 7, 2014
I am sending out a lot of aroha today. I’m working on a few things that finally seem to be coming together (touch wood) and so it was most apposite that today’s word should be aroha, meaning: ‘Chiefly in Maori…
DelFebruary 5, 2014
Today’s word is another obsolete one, namely nudiustertian, which means: ‘Of or relating to the day before yesterday’ (OED). I have to admit, that I’m only guessing that this snow is nudiustertian, as I wasn’t actually there on Sunday. However,…
DelFebruary 4, 2014
The OED has a sense of humour in a Sheldon Cooper sort of way. If you remember, yesterday's word was repetend ('That is or is to be repeated', OED) and as it is to be repeated, today's word was also…
DelFebruary 3, 2014
'That is or is to be repeated'(OED) is the definition of today's word, which is repetend. Unfortunately, this chain is far too repetend for my liking and I see no sign that its repetend nature is showing any signs of…
DelFebruary 2, 2014
As I had no intention of going to the zoo today, I had to look elsewhere to populate my word of the day - the adjective ramage, meaning: 'Of an animal: wild, untamed, unruly, violent' (OED). On further reading, there…
DelFebruary 1, 2014
Given that it is the Chinese New Year today, it is no surprise that the OED has chosen the adjective philhippic as its word of the day. Philhippic means: 'Fond of or interested in horses' (OED). As we have a…
DelJanuary 31, 2014
Today's word of the day was paysagist, meaning: 'A landscape artist' (OED) and it applies to photographers as much as to painters. Indeed, one of the examples given makes mention of 'that most indefatigable photographic paysagist', Ansel Adams. I am…
DelJanuary 30, 2014
The obvious shot for today's word, which was wordhoard, meaning: 'A store of words; (in later use esp.) the vocabulary of a person, group, or language' (OED), would have been a dictionary, or my shelf of dictionaries, or similar. However,…
DelJanuary 29, 2014
In short, today's word is pern, which means 'to spin, revolve, to move with a winding or spiral motion' (OED) and it is way too late to get into a long discussion about W B Yeats, to whom the word…
DelJanuary 28, 2014
Today's inbox delivered a phrase rather than a word, namely rus in urbe, which means: 'The creation of an illusion of the countryside in a city; an urban building, garden, prospect, etc., which suggests the countryside' (OED). So the obvious…
DelJanuary 27, 2014
When I saw today's word, I must admit that Australia was not the first thought that came into my mind - I veered more towards the yellow brick road and I don't mean the Elton John album. However, I have…
DelJanuary 26, 2014
As tonight is Burn's night, it was no surprise that the OED chose something Scottish for its word of the day and I was very excited to open my inbox this morning and see nippy sweetie meaning: 'A drink of…
DelJanuary 25, 2014
Another tenuous link tonight, I'm afraid. Today's word was looder, which is a transitive verb meaning: ' To give (a person) a severe beating; to thrash'(OED). I'm not a violent person and so was certainly not going to go out…
DelJanuary 24, 2014
I have some lovely seafood shots from today, but I'm afraid they are not for sharing, since I can only share the pic informed by the OED word of the day, which was me-too. Me-too is defined as: 'A person…
DelJanuary 23, 2014
Well this was a tough one. I could think of plenty of ways to exemplify the OED word of the day, but trying to get the right snap to go with it was far from easy. Today's word is walker,…
DelJanuary 22, 2014
Today's word of the day is quass and it means: 'To drink copiously or in excess; to quaff' (OED). I wonder if this should be two separate definitions, since drinking to excess has rather negative connotations, whereas quaffing has a…
DelJanuary 21, 2014
With Christmas now a dim and distant memory, the wheels of commercialism are already grinding towards Valentine's Day. I am very lucky that I have people I love and people who love me (at least I think they do …).…
DelJanuary 20, 2014
The OED chose supercherie as today's word of the day. A supercherie is: 'An attack made upon a person at a disadvantage; foul play; an instance of this' (OED). I thought that it would be rather unkind to go round…
DelJanuary 19, 2014