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Word for Today :

spontaneous

adjective | spahn-TAY-nee-us

Definition

1 : proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint

2 : arising from a momentary impulse

3 : controlled and directed internally : self-acting

4 : produced without being planted or without human labor : indigenous

5 : developing or occurring without apparent external influence, force, cause, or treatment

6 : not apparently contrived or manipulated : natural
 
#402
Word for Today :

contraband

noun | KAHN-truh-band

Definition

1 : illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling

2 : goods or merchandise whose importation, exportation, or possession is forbidden; also : smuggled goods

3 : a slave who during the American Civil War escaped to or was brought within the Union lines
 
#403
Word for Today :

antediluvian

adjective | an-tih-dih-LOO-vee-un

Definition

1 : of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible

2
a : made, evolved, or developed a long time ago

b : extremely primitive or outmoded
 
#405
Word for Today :

homage

noun | AH-mij

Definition

1
a : a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord

b : the relationship between a feudal lord and his vassal

c : an act done or payment made in meeting the obligations due from a vassal to a feudal lord

2
a : expression of high regard : respect

b : something that shows respect or attests to the worth or influence of another : tribute
 
#408
Word for Today :

doyen

noun | DOY-un

Definition

1
a : the senior member of a body or group

b : a person considered to be knowledgeable or uniquely skilled as a result of long experience in some field of endeavor

2 : the oldest example of a category
 
#410
comity

noun | KAH-muh-tee

Definition

1
a : friendly social atmosphere : social harmony

b : a loose widespread community based on common social institutions

c : the courtesy and friendship of nations marked especially by mutual recognition of executive, legislative, and judicial acts : comity of nations

d : the informal and voluntary recognition by courts of one jurisdiction of the laws and judicial decisions of another

2 : avoidance of proselytizing members of another religious denomination

3 : distant cousin to what is shown on the Telly Today = Comedy...!!!
 
#413
Word for Today :

opprobrium

noun | uh-PROH-bree-um

Definition

1 : something that brings disgrace

2
a : public disgrace or ill fame that follows from conduct considered grossly wrong or vicious

b : contempt, reproach
 
#418
Word for Today :

franchise

noun | FRAN-chyze

Definition

1
a : the right or license granted to an individual or group to market a company's goods or services in a particular territory; also : a business granted such a right or license

b : a constitutional or statutory right or privilege; especially : the right to vote

2
a : the right of membership in a professional sports league

b : a team and its operating organization having such membership

3 : a series of related works (such as novels or films) each of which includes the same characters or different characters that are understood to exist and interact in the same fictional universe with characters from the other works

4 : freedom or immunity from some burden or restriction vested in a person or group
 
#419
Word for Today :

suffrage

noun | SUF-rij

Definition

1 : a short intercessory prayer usually in a series

2 : a vote given in deciding a controverted question or electing a person for an office or trust

3 : the right of voting : franchise; also : the exercise of such right
 
#420
Word for Today :

constitution

noun | kahn-stuh-TOO-shun

Definition

1
a : the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it

b : a written instrument embodying the rules of a political or social organization

2
a : the physical makeup of the individual especially with respect to the health, strength, and appearance of the body

b : the structure, composition, physical makeup, or nature of something

3 : an established law or custom : ordinance

4 : the act of establishing, making, or setting up
 
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