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logorrhea: Palabra del día: July 31, 2020

logorrhea , n : (often humorous) Excessive talkativeness. (often humorous) Excessive use of words in writing; prolixity. (psychology) Excessive and often uncontrollable speaking due to a mental disorder.

blimey: Palabra del día: July 30, 2020

blimey , interj : (Australia, Britain, New Zealand) Used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.

netball: Palabra del día: July 29, 2020

netball , n : (uncountable) A (usually women's) team sport derived from basketball, with seven players on each side who attempt to score goals by passing a ball and throwing it into the opponent's goal, which is a raised hoop with a net at one end of the playing area. Unlike basketball, a player in possession of the ball cannot move until the ball is passed to another player. (countable) The ball used in this sport. Swedish-born physical education instructor and women’s suffrage advocate Martina Bergman-Österberg died on this day 105 years ago in 1915. She played a pivotal role in the development of netball as she introduced a version of basketball to her students at Hampstead College, London, after returning from the United States in 1893 having seen that sport being played.

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merlon: Palabra del día: July 28, 2020

merlon , n : (architecture, military, historical) Any of the upright projections between the embrasures of a battlement, originally for archers to shield behind while shooting arrows over the embrasures, or through loopholes in the merlons.

woe betide: Palabra del día: July 27, 2020

woe betide , v : (transitive, idiomatic, humorous or literary) Used to warn someone that trouble will occur if that person does something: bad things will happen to.

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lexicography: Palabra del día: July 26, 2020

lexicography , n : The art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries. (linguistics) The scholarly discipline of analysing and describing the semantic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships within the lexicon (vocabulary) of a language and developing theories of dictionary components and structures linking the data in dictionaries. Scottish lexicographer and philologist Sir James Murray, the main editor of the Oxford English Dictionary from 1879 until his death, died on this day 105 years ago in 1915.

cutting: Palabra del día: July 25, 2020

cutting , n : (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut. (countable) A section removed from a larger whole. (countable) A newspaper clipping. (countable, horticulture) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant. (countable) An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance. (countable, Britain) An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through. (uncountable, cinematography, sound engineering) The editing of film or other recordings. (uncountable, machining) The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material. (uncountable, psychology) The act of cutting one's own skin as a symptom of a personality disorder; self-harm. The English pop rock band Cutting Crew released its debut single “(I Just) Died in Your Arms” in the United Kingdom on this day in 1986.

by dint of: Palabra del día: July 24, 2020

by dint of , prep : By the force of; by means of. (by extension) Because of; by reason of.

reticence: Palabra del día: July 23, 2020

reticence , n : (uncountable, also figuratively) Avoidance of saying or reluctance to say too much; discretion, tight-lippedness; (countable) an instance of acting in this manner. (uncountable) A silent and reserved nature. (uncountable) Followed by of: discretion or restraint in the use of something. (uncountable) Often followed by to: hesitancy or reluctance (to do something). (countable, uncountable, rhetoric, obsolete) Synonym of aposiopesis (“an abrupt breaking-off in speech”) reticence v (transitive, rare) To deliberately not listen or pay attention to; to disregard, to ignore.

geoglyph: Palabra del día: July 22, 2020

geoglyph , n : (chiefly archaeology) A large-scale drawing or image made on the ground by arranging lines of stones, scratching the earth, etc., and often only fully visible from a distance or the air.

ungodly: Palabra del día: July 21, 2020

ungodly , adj : Of a person: lacking reverence for God; of an action: not in accordance with God's will or religious teachings. Immoral, sinful, or wicked. (informal) Extreme; unreasonable. ungodly adv (obsolete) In an impious, irreverent, or ungodly manner; ungodlily.

cupbearer: Palabra del día: July 20, 2020

cupbearer , n : (chiefly historical) One who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served.

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rambunctious: Palabra del día: July 19, 2020

rambunctious , adj : (chiefly US, informal) Boisterous, energetic, noisy, and difficult to control.

bigamy: Palabra del día: July 18, 2020

bigamy , n : The state of having two (legal or illegal) spouses simultaneously. (ecclesiastical law, historical) A second marriage after the death of a spouse.

stand trial: Palabra del día: July 17, 2020

stand trial , v : (law) To be put on trial in a court of law. (idiomatic) To sustain the trial or examination of a cause; not to give up without trial. Today is the Day of International Criminal Justice, which was instituted by the states parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court to recognize the importance of international criminal justice.

armful: Palabra del día: July 16, 2020

armful , n : The amount an arm or arms can hold.

discomfiting: Palabra del día: July 15, 2020

discomfiting , adj : Tending to discomfit (“embarrass greatly; upset the composure of, disconcert”).

nibling: Palabra del día: July 14, 2020

nibling , n : (chiefly anthropology, rare, often in the plural) Used especially as a gender-neutral term: the child of one's sibling or sibling-in-law; one's nephew or niece. Today is International Non-binary People’s Day, which recognizes people who have a non-binary gender identity – one that is not exclusively female or male.

stiff-lipped: Palabra del día: July 13, 2020

stiff-lipped , adj : Maintaining a stiff upper lip.

languor: Palabra del día: July 12, 2020

languor , n : (uncountable) A state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid or weary feeling; lassitude; (countable) an instance of this. (uncountable) Melancholy caused by lovesickness, sadness, etc.; (countable) an instance of this. (uncountable) Dullness, sluggishness; lack of vigour; stagnation. (uncountable) Listless indolence or inactivity, especially if enjoyable or relaxing; dreaminess; (countable) an instance of this. (uncountable) Heavy humidity and stillness of the air. (uncountable, obsolete) Sorrow; suffering; also, enfeebling disease or illness; (countable, obsolete) an instance of this.

be gathered to one's fathers: Palabra del día: July 11, 2020

be gathered to one's fathers , v : (biblical and literary, dated) To be buried together with one's forebears; hence, to die. Today is World Population Day, which is recognized by the United Nations to raise awareness about global population issues such as the importance of family planning, gender equality, human rights, maternal health, and the effects of poverty.

worth one's salt: Palabra del día: July 10, 2020

worth one's salt , adj : (idiomatic) Adept or competent, especially at one's occupation.

wolf in sheep's clothing: Palabra del día: July 7, 2020

wolf in sheep's clothing , n : (idiomatic) Someone who or something which is harmful or threatening but disguised as something peaceful or pleasant.

semi-charmed: Palabra del día: July 6, 2020

semi-charmed , adj : Lucky and pleasant but with some problems.

shot across the bow: Palabra del día: July 5, 2020

shot across the bow , n : (idiomatic) A warning that negative consequences will be faced if something is carried out or allowed to continue. Today, the first Sunday in July in 2020, is Navy Day in Ukraine.

freedom ride: Palabra del día: July 4, 2020

freedom ride , n : (US, politics, historical) In the United States in 1961, any one of a number of trips taken by bus or other forms of transport through parts of the southern U.S., made by groups of civil rights activists demonstrating their opposition to racial prejudice and segregation. (Australia, politics, historical, by extension) A similar excursion undertaken by protesters in Australia in 1965 in opposition to unfair discrimination against Indigenous Australians. Today is celebrated as Independence Day in the United States.

carcinization: Palabra del día: July 3, 2020

carcinization , n : (evolutionary theory, zoology) The convergent evolution of decapod crustaceans from forms dissimilar to true crabs into similar forms.

could care less: Palabra del día: July 2, 2020

could care less , v : (US, sometimes proscribed) To not care at all; to have no concern or interest; to be apathetic.

dromedary: Palabra del día: July 1, 2020

dromedary , n : The single-humped camel (Camelus dromedarius). Any swift riding camel. Today is the Independence Day of Somalia, where most of Africa’s dromedaries can be found.