Wiktionary:Word of the day/Archive/2011/April

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14

Word of the day
for April 14
moue n
  1. A pout
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15

Word of the day
for April 15
gewgaw n
  1. A showy trifle, a toy
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16

Word of the day
for April 16
moliminous adj
  1. Requiring a lot of effort; laborious
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17

Word of the day
for April 17
Paphian adj
  1. Pertaining to love or sexual desire, especially when illicit
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18

Word of the day
for April 18
primal scene n
  1. (psychoanalysis) The first time a child sees its parents copulating
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19

Word of the day
for April 19
skerry n
  1. A small rocky island which is covered by the sea at high tide
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20

Word of the day
for April 20
cute-hoorism n
  1. (Ireland) Cynical self-interest
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21

Word of the day
for April 21
prelapsarian adj
  1. Pertaining to the world before the Fall of man; innocent, unspoiled
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22

Word of the day
for April 22
apparatchik n
  1. A blindly loyal bureaucrat
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23

Word of the day
for April 23
fuliginous adj
  1. Pertaining to soot; sooty
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24

Word of the day
for April 24
multiculturalism n
  1. The characteristics of a society, city etc. which has many different ethnic or national cultures mingling freely; political or social policies which support or encourage such coexistence
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25

Word of the day
for April 25
ramada n
  1. A porch or arbour
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26

Word of the day
for April 26
xiphias n
  1. The swordfish
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27

Word of the day
for April 27
veronica n
  1. An image of Jesus's face, believed to have been left on the cloth used by St Veronica to wipe his face.
  2. (bullfighting) A circular swing of the cape.
  3. A wildflower, usually having blue petals
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28

Word of the day
for April 28
vila n
  1. A type of fairy or nymph in Slavic mythology
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29

Word of the day
for April 29
hymeneal adj
  1. Pertaining to marriage or a wedding; nuptial, matrimonial
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