Bill O'Reilly: Words of the Day

Words of the Day

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agog

[ uh-gog ] highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, anticipation, etc.

Featured on November 14th, 2019

bilge

[ bilj ] nonsense; rubbish.

Featured on November 13th, 2019

feckless

[ fek-lis ] ineffective; incompetent; futile.

Featured on November 12th, 2019

barbermonger

[Bar-ber-mon-ger] obsolete : a foolish or silly person.

Featured on November 11th, 2019

pecksniffian

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

Featured on November 7th, 2019

jabberwocky

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

Featured on November 6th, 2019

verecund

[ver-i-kuhnd] bashful; modest.

Featured on November 5th, 2019

puzzlewit

[PUZZ-ul-wit] stupid, silly person.

Featured on November 4th, 2019

supercilious

[ soo-per-sil-ee-uhs ] haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.

Featured on October 30th, 2019

unctuous

[ uhngk-choo-uh s ] characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, especially in an affected manner; excessively smooth, suave, or smug.

Featured on October 29th, 2019

coxcomb

[ koks-kohm ] a conceited, foolish dandy; pretentious fop.

Featured on October 28th, 2019

jejune

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

Featured on October 24th, 2019

pawky

[ paw-kee ] Cunning. Sly.

Featured on October 22nd, 2019

insipid

[ in-sip-id ] without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid.

Featured on October 21st, 2019

ninnyhammer

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

Featured on October 16th, 2019

caterwaul

[ kat-er-wawl ] to utter a similar sound; howl or screech.

Featured on October 15th, 2019

lugubrious

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

Featured on October 3rd, 2019

troglodyte

[ trog-luh-dahyt ] a person of degraded, primitive, or brutal character.

Featured on October 1st, 2019

bilge

Featured on September 30th, 2019

indolent

[ in-dl-uhnt ] having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful.

Featured on September 26th, 2019

picayune

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

Featured on September 24th, 2019

codswallop

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

Featured on September 23rd, 2019

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