A word of the day each weekday from Wordnik!
Today’s word of the day is alectryomancy, an ancient practice of foretelling events by means of a rooster. The letters of the alphabet were traced on the ground in squares within a circle, and a grain of corn was placed on each; a rooster was then permitted to pick up the grains, and the letters under them, being formed into words in the order of their selection by the rooster, were supposed to foretell the event. Sometimes written alectoromancy.
Today’s word of the day is ambilevous, meaning unable to use either hand with facility. In other words, all thumbs or the opposite of ambidextrous or ambidexter. A synonym is ambisinistrous, “left-handed on both sides.”
Today’s list of the day is made of those adjectives meaning “of or like a certain kind of animal” and ending in -ine You known canine and bovine, but what about crotaline (like a rattlesnake), arietine (like a ram), and rangiferine (like a reindeer)?
Today’s word of the day is lambent, meaning “flickering lightly over or on a surface,” “effortlessly light or brilliant” or “having a gentle glow; luminous.”