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Note this was the first month of the official WOTD - off to a shaky start.

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agon
Definition

A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work.

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sybarite n	^{help, file}
A person devoted to pleasure and luxury; a voluptuary.
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Word of the day

alpenglow
Etymology

Alpenglow is a partial translation of German Alpenglühen, from Alpen, "Alps" + glühen, "to glow."

Definition

rosy or reddish glow seen near sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains, especially snow covered mountains.

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ekstasis
Etymology

Greek ἔκστασις (ecstasis, displacement, cession, trance)

Definition

The state of being beside one's self or rapt out of one's self

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concatenation noun	^{help, file}
A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.
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crapulous adj	^{help, file}
Surcharged with liquor; alcoholism; sick from excessive indulgence in drinking or eating; drunk; given to excesses.
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Word of the day

vade mecum
Etymology

From the Latin vade mecum, which literally means "go with me"

Definition

A referential book such as a handbook or manual
A useful object, constantly carried on one's person

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burgage noun	^{help, file}
a medieval tenure in socage under which property in England and Scotland was held under the king or a lord of a town, and was maintained for a yearly rent or for rendering an inferior service (not knight's service) such as watching and warding.
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brume noun	^{help, file}
mist or fog.
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gossamer noun	^{help, file}
A fine film or strand as of cobwebs, floating in the air or caught on bushes etc.
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statism noun	^{help, file}
A belief in the importance of the power of the state over an individual, used to describe more extreme views.
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eon noun	^{help, file}
A long time, a period of 1,000,000,000 years.
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topography noun	^{help, file}
a detailed graphic representation of the surface features of a place or object; the features themselves (the terrain); the surveying of the features.
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butterfly noun	^{help, file}
A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, usually having colorful/colourful wings (Entry including hundreds of translations).
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epigenetics noun	^{help, file}
the study of heritable changes caused by the activation and deactivation of genes without any change in DNA sequence.
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caprice noun	^{help, file}
an impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action.
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indelible adj	^{help, file}
having the quality of being difficult to remove, wash away, blot out, or efface.
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oniochalasia noun	^{help, file}
The purchasing of objects as a form of mental relaxation.
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syzygy noun	^{help, file}
An alignment of three celestial bodies (for example, the Sun, Earth, and Moon) such that one body is directly between the other two, such as an eclipse.
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diatribe noun	^{help, file}
A verbal or written attack on a person.
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Blind Freddy noun	^{help, file}
(Australia) (colloquial) Imaginary incapacitated person.
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swabby noun	^{help, file}
Another word for swab, a sailor.
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