Bill O'Reilly: Words of the Day

Words of the Day

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pawky

[ paw-kee ] Cunning. Sly.

Featured on September 19th, 2019

jabberwocky

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

Featured on September 18th, 2019

popinjay

[pop-in-jey] a person given to vain, pretentious displays and empty chatter; coxcomb; fop.

Featured on September 17th, 2019

harridan

[ hahr-i-dn ] a scolding, vicious woman; hag; shrew.

Featured on September 16th, 2019

caustic

[ kaw-stik ] severely critical or sarcastic.

Featured on September 12th, 2019

fatuous

[ fach-oo-uhs ] foolish or inane, especially in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly.

Featured on September 10th, 2019

mooncalf

[ moon-kaf ] a person who spends time idly daydreaming.

Featured on September 9th, 2019

jejune

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

Featured on September 5th, 2019

choleric

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

Featured on September 4th, 2019

probity

[ proh-bi-tee ] integrity and uprightness; honesty.

Featured on September 3rd, 2019

lugubrious

[loo-goo-bree-uhs] mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner.

Featured on August 22nd, 2019

chuffy

[ chuhf-ee ] churlish; surly.

Featured on August 21st, 2019

blatherskite

[BLAA-thur-skite] A person who blathers on and spouts nonsense

Featured on August 20th, 2019

pecksniffian

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

Featured on August 19th, 2019

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