Today's Word of the Day:
Befezzed
/bɪˈfɛzd/
Adjective
Wearing a fez (“a felt hat shaped like a truncated cone with a tassel attached”); fezzed.
May 12th, 2026
Previous Word of the Days:
Grouse
/ɡɹaʊs/
Noun
(countable) Any of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) native to heather moorland on the British Isles. [from 1530s]
May 11th, 2026
Rout
/ɹaʊt/
Verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To assemble in a crowd, whether orderly or disorderly; to collect in company.
May 10th, 2026
Temporize
/ˈtɛmpəɹaɪz/
Verb
(intransitive) To deliberately act evasively or prolong a discussion in order to gain time or postpone a decision, sometimes so that a compromise can be reached or simply to make a conversation more temperate; to stall for time.
May 9th, 2026