Archive for the 'Words' Category

Dictionary.com/pernickety
- characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details
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Dictionary.com/persnickety
- Overparticular about trivial details; fastidious.
- Requiring strict attention to detail; demanding

Dictionary.com/saccharine
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of sugar or saccharin; sweet.
- Having a cloyingly sweet attitude, tone, or character.
- Excessively sentimental

Dictionary.com/ingenious
- Marked by inventive skill and imagination.
- Having or arising from an inventive or cunning mind; clever

Dictionary.com/penchant
A definite liking; a strong inclination

Dictionary.com/migrate
Usage Note: Migrate, which is used of people and animals, sometimes implies a lack of permanent settlement, especially as a result of seasonal or periodic movement. Emigrate and immigrate are used only of people and imply a permanent move, generally across a political boundary. Emigrate describes the move relative to the point of departure: After [...]

Dictionary.com/assurance
- A statement or indication that inspires confidence; a guarantee or pledge
- Freedom from doubt; certainty
- Self-confidence.

Dictionary.com/pragmatism
A practical, matter-of-fact way of approaching or assessing situations or of solving problems

I’m disappointed … Dictionary.com does not have an entry for the word ‘prat’ in it (other than an American slang reference for “the buttocks”).
My trusty copy of the Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary gets it right:
prat n. colloq a silly or foolish person

I suspect you may need to pay for Dictionary.com’s premium service to get access [...]

I figured I would use this section to define words that I’ve looked up, thought about the usage of, or just simply found amusing, annoying or astounding - something to “improve one’s word power” (to use a Readers Digestism).
If a picture paints a thousand words, and I can’t paint, well then I guess I’m just [...]