troubadour

This is Friday’s special #definethis. Regular players receive 20,000 eaves for playing today’s word.

Today’s Merriam-Webster #definethis word of the day is:

troubadour

pronounced \TROO-buh-dor\

noun

1

: a lyric poet or musician who performed chiefly in southern France and northern Italy in the 11th through 13th centuries

2

: a singer especially of folk songs

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1 day ago

damask

Today’s Merriam-Webster #definethis word of the day is:

damask

pronounced \DAM-usk\

noun

1

: a firm lustrous fabric (as of linen, cotton, silk, or rayon) made with flat patterns in a satin weave on a plain-woven ground on jacquard looms

2

: hard elastic steel ornamented with wavy patterns and used especially for sword blades; also : the characteristic markings of this steel

3

: a grayish red

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2 days ago

hawkshaw

Today’s wordnik.com #definethis word of the day is:

hawkshaw

it means

n. (noun) A detective.

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4 days ago

boniface

Today’s Merriam-Webster #definethis word of the day is:

boniface

pronounced \BAH-nuh-fuss\

it means

noun

: the proprietor of a hotel, nightclub, or restaurant

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flammivomous shanghai

And a happy weekend to all of my wordy friends. This is a special weekend Double #definethis

Today’s Merriam-Webster #definethis word of the day is:

shanghai

pronounced \shang-HYE\

it means

verb

1

a : to put aboard a ship by force often with the help of liquor or a drugb : to put by force or threat of force into or as if into a place of detention

2

: to put by trickery into an undesirable position

Today’s wordnik.com #definethis word of the day is:

flammivomous

it means

(adj) Vomiting flames, as a volcano.

This word comes from the Latin ‘flamma,’ flame, plus ‘vomere,’ spew forth, discharge.

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Here’s hoping it’s a great weekend in your world. And I will be back on Monday with another daily word.

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1 week ago

gazette

Today’s Merriam-Webster #definethis word of the day is:

gazette

pronounced \guh-ZET\

it means

noun

1

: newspaper

2

: an official journal

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1 week ago

maffick

Today’s Merriam-Webster #definethis word of the day is:

maffick

pronounced \MAF-ik\

it means

verb

: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior

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*regular players may note that maffick was previously used as the word of the day on this site in conjunction with being the wordnik.com word of the ay.

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argot

Today’s Merriam-Webster #definethis word of the day is:

argot

pronounced \AHR-goh\

it means

noun

: an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group

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cloud-built

Today’s wordnik.com #definethis word of the day is:

cloud-built

it means

(adj) Fanciful; imaginary; chimerical; fantastic: applied to day-dreams or castles in the air.

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1 week ago -

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skulk

Today’s Merriam-Webster #definethis word of the day is:

skulk

verb

1

: to move in a stealthy or furtive manner

2

: to hide or conceal something (as oneself) often out of cowardice or fear or with sinister intent b chiefly British : malinger

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