Word of the day April 1–19, 2022
Words of the day for this month, selected by Wiktionary contributors.
April 19
Calcine v | |
calcine n |
April 18
Rash adj | |
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April 17
Cold War proper n | |
Yesterday, 16 April, was the 75th anniversary of the date in 1947 when Bernard Baruch, an American financier and adviser to President Woodrow Wilson, first used the term to describe the political situation referred to above in a speech written by the journalist Herbert Bayard Swope. |
April 16
Pentimento n | |
Yesterday, 15 April, the anniversary of the day Italian Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci was born 570 years ago in 1452, is declared by the International Association of Art to be World Art Day to celebrate the fine arts. |
April 15
Dolour n | |
Today is Good Friday in Western Christianity in 2022. It commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ, and foreshadows his resurrection on Easter Sunday. |
April 14
Titanic adj | |
[...] Titanic proper n
Titanic n
Today is the eve of the day when the R.M.S. Titanic collided with an iceberg and sank 110 years ago in 1912. More than 1,500 people died, making it one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history. |
April 13
Fustian n | |
fustian adj
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April 12
Panic adj | |
panic n
panic v
Brendon Urie, the American singer, songwriter, and musician behind the project Panic! at the Disco, was born on this day 35 years ago in 1987. |
April 11
Piepowder n | |
Today is the eve of the tongue-in-cheek International Be Kind to Lawyers Day created by Steve Hughes, which falls every year on the second Tuesday of April. |
April 10
Abject adj | |
abject n
abject v
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April 9
Stopgap n | |
stopgap adj
stopgap v
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April 8
Uproarious adj | |
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April 7
Fartlek n | |
April 6
Titanic adj | |
To celebrate April Fools’ Day, we are featuring a series of words with unexpected meanings. Enjoy! |
April 5
Internet v | |
To celebrate April Fools’ Day, we are featuring a series of words with unexpected meanings. Enjoy! |
April 4
Google v | |
To celebrate April Fools’ Day, we are featuring a series of words with unexpected meanings. Enjoy! |
April 3
Monkey business n | |
The English anthropologist and primatologist Jane Goodall, considered the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees, was born on this day in 1934. |
April 2
Fungi n | |
To celebrate April Fools’ Day, we are featuring a series of words with unexpected meanings. Enjoy! |
April 1
Crappo n | |
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To celebrate April Fools’ Day, we are featuring a series of words with unexpected meanings. Enjoy! |