Word Of The Day

perambulator

A small buggy or a vehicle with four wheels in which a child or baby is pushed around; a type of baby transport; a large wheel with a calibrated mechanism, pushed along on the ground to measure distances

dermatologist

a medical practitioner who treats people who have skin diseases; a doctor who specialises in the diagnosis and treatment of skin disorder

proletarian

a member of the working class; belonging to the lowest or poorest class of the people

embargo

An official order issued by a country to stop trading with another country; an order to temporarily stop something

pantomime

A theatrical entertainment based on fairy tales or traditional children's stories; a performance using gestures and body movements without words

aristocratic

Relating to royalty and the nobility: belonging to the highly elite or super-rich class of society; relating to those people having private-jets

pedantic

Giving too much attention to literal accuracy or small details; a narrow focus on minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching

exhaustipated

Exhaustipated derives from two other words ‘exhausted’ and ‘constipated’. It means ‘too tired to care about something’.

komorebi

Sunlight that shines through the leaves of trees; melancholic longing or nostalgia that is far away from you

gobsmacked

Feeling surprised or shocked; being totally speechless; unable to think of anything to say; extremely surprised