Bill O'Reilly: Words of the Day

Words of the Day

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jabberwocky

[ jab-er-wok-ee ] a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words; nonsense;gibberish.

Featured on August 15th, 2019

choleric

[ kol-er-ik ] extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible.

Featured on August 14th, 2019

palter

[pawl-ter] to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.

Featured on August 12th, 2019

picayune

[pik-ee-yoon] of little value or account; small; trifling.

Featured on August 8th, 2019

pettifogger

[ pet-ee-fog, -fawg ] to bicker or quibble over trifles or unimportant matters.

Featured on August 7th, 2019

pawky

[ paw-kee ] Cunning. Sly.

Featured on August 6th, 2019

lampoon

[ lam-poon ] a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution.

Featured on August 5th, 2019

pedestrian

[ puh-des-tree-uh n ] lacking in vitality, imagination, distinction, etc.; commonplace; prosaic or dull.

Featured on July 31st, 2019

ninnyhammer

[ nin-ee-ham-er ] A fool or Simpleton.

Featured on July 30th, 2019

agnostic

[ ag-nos-tik ]

a person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as God, and the essential natureof things are unknown and unknowable, or that human knowledge is limited to experience.

Featured on July 29th, 2019

cacophony

[ kuh-kof-uh-nee ] harsh discordance of sound; dissonance.

Featured on July 25th, 2019

jejune

[ ji-joon ] without interest or significance; dull; insipid.

Featured on July 24th, 2019

noddy

[ nod-ee ] a fool or simpleton; noodle.

Featured on July 23rd, 2019

saturnine

[ sat-er-nahyn ] sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.

Featured on July 22nd, 2019

jejune

[ ji-joon ] without interest or significance; dull; insipid.

Featured on July 18th, 2019

snollygoster

[ snol-ee-gos-ter ] a clever, unscrupulous person.

Featured on July 17th, 2019

obsequious

[ uhb-see-kwee-uhs ] servilely compliant or deferential.

Featured on July 16th, 2019

abrasive

[ uh-brey-siv, -ziv ] tending to annoy or cause ill will; overly aggressive.

Featured on July 15, 2019

codswallop

[kodz-wol-uh p] nonsense; rubbish.

Featured on July 10, 2019

pecksniffian

[peck-SNIFF-ee-un] Acting high and mighty, putting on airs of morality

Featured on July 09, 2019

obsequious

[ uhb-see-kwee-uhs ] servilely compliant or deferential.

Featured on July 8th, 2019

churlish

[chur-lish] like a churl; boorish; rude:

Featured on June 27, 2019

nebbish

[ neb-ish ] a pitifully ineffectual, luckless, and timid person.

Featured on June 26, 2019

picayune

[pik-ee-yoon] of little value or account; small; trifling.

Featured on June 25, 2019

bilge

Featured on June 24, 2019