Word of the Day: May 20, 2016
reprobate Definition: (noun) A morally unprincipled person. Synonyms: miscreant Usage: The prison was full of notorious reprobates.
reprobate Definition: (noun) A morally unprincipled person. Synonyms: miscreant Usage: The prison was full of notorious reprobates.
Dolley Madison (1768) Dolley Madison was the wife of US President James Madison, whom she married in 1794, after the death of her first husband. Noted for her magnificence as a hostess as well as for her charm, Dolley was […]
Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous. George Eliot (1819-1880)
cowpuncher Definition: (noun) A hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback. Synonyms: cattleman, cowboy, cowhand, cowherd, cowman, cowpoke Usage: The only time the cowpuncher was not on horseback was when he was repairing the fence around […]
Johns Hopkins (1795) Hopkins, a US merchant and financier, worked with an uncle as a wholesale grocer before going into business with his brothers in 1819. As he continued to prosper, his interests diversified into banking, insurance companies, steamship lines, […]
It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations. Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
Word of the Day ? fecund Definition: (adjective) Marked by intellectual productivity. Synonyms: prolific, fertile Usage: He had a fecund imagination and wrote four novels in two years.
Gertrude Käsebier (1852) Käsebier was one of the most influential American photographers of the early 20thcentury and a promoter of photography as a career for women. She photographed famous figures like the sculptor Auguste Rodin and American showman Buffalo Bill, but she is best known […]
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No country is so wild and difficult but men will make it a theater of war. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
mettlesome Definition: (adjective) Full of mettle; spirited and plucky. Synonyms: spirited, game, gritty, spunky Usage: Joe, being a mettlesome fellow, returned the stranger’s angry glance with a steady look.
Bartholomew Roberts (1682) Now infamous as “Black Bart,” Roberts was a Welsh pirate who raided ships off the coasts of the Americas and West Africa in the 18th century, during the period known as the “Golden Age of Piracy.” Considered […]
Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
pinnace Definition: (noun) A light boat propelled by sails or oars, formerly used as a tender for merchant and war vessels. Synonyms: ship’s boat, cutter, tender Usage: Seated upon the projection formed by the hull of the pinnace, I inhaled […]
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