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Build your vocabulary with Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day! Each day a Merriam-Webster editor offers insight into a fascinating new word -- explaining its meaning, current use, and little-known details about its origin.
Merriam-Webster hosts Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day, a arts show with 10 episodes published.
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 19, 2026 is: balmy • \BAH-mee\ • adjective Balmy is an adjective that is often used to describe weather that is warm, calm, and pleasant. It can also be used t
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 18, 2026 is: oxymoron • \ahk-sih-MOR-ahn\ • noun An oxymoron is a combination of words that have opposite or very different meanings, such as "cruel kindness"
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 17, 2026 is: lackadaisical • \lak-uh-DAY-zih-kul\ • adjective Something or someone described as lackadaisical is lacking in interest, enthusiasm, or zest. // F
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 16, 2026 is: zeugma • \ZOOG-muh\ • noun Zeugma refers to wordplay in which a single word relates to other words in such a way that it means something different
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 15, 2026 is: circumscribe • \SER-kum-skrybe\ • verb To circumscribe something is to limit its range or activity. // The president’s decision-making power was c
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 14, 2026 is: vacuous • \VAK-yuh-wus\ • adjective Vacuous is a formal word indicating a lack of thought, intelligence, or substance. // Despite a lengthy advert
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 13, 2026 is: salvo • \SAL-voh\ • noun In military contexts, salvo refers to various actions involving discharge or release of bombs, rockets, artillery, etc.,
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 12, 2026 is: gnomic • \NOH-mik\ • adjective Gnomic is a formal word that describes something cryptically said or written in few words. // The painter is notori
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 11, 2026 is: baptism of fire • \BAP-tiz-um-uv-FYRE\ • noun A baptism of fire (or baptism by fire, as it is sometimes referred to in the U.S.) is an introductor
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 10, 2026 is: pedagogical • \ped-uh-GAH-jih-kul\ • adjective Pedagogical is a formal word used to describe things that are of or related to teachers or educatio
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 9, 2026 is: anecdote • \AN-ik-doht\ • noun An anecdote is a short narrative about an interesting, funny, or biographical incident. // Dinner with our uncles me
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 8, 2026 is: nurture • \NER-cher\ • verb Nurture is most often used to mean “to help someone or something grow, develop, or succeed.” It can also mean “to take
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 7, 2026 is: invidious • \in-VID-ee-us\ • adjective Invidious is a formal word used to describe things that are unpleasant and likely to cause bad feelings in o
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 6, 2026 is: torpor • \TOR-per\ • noun Torpor is a formal word for a state of inactivity and sluggishness. It can also be used, especially in the context of hib
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 5, 2026 is: colloquial • \kuh-LOH-kwee-ul\ • adjective Colloquial is used with words like term and word and expression to describe language that is used in fam
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 4, 2026 is: élan • \ay-LAHN\ • noun Élan refers to energy and enthusiasm. // The dancers performed with great style and élan ; we were exhausted just watching
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 3, 2026 is: mitigate • \MIT-uh-gayt\ • verb To mitigate something is to make it less severe, harmful, or painful. // One way we can mitigate the impact the con
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 2, 2026 is: highfalutin • \hye-fuh-LOO-tun\ • adjective Something or someone described as highfalutin seems, or is trying to seem, great or important. // The a
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 1, 2026 is: spindrift • \SPIN-drift\ • noun Spindrift refers to spray blown from waves during a gale or to fine wind-borne snow or sand. // Our whale-watching
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 31, 2026 is: comely • \KUM-lee\ • adjective Comely is an adjective with an old-fashioned and literary feel that describes someone or something that has a pleasin
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