Bill O'Reilly: Words of the Day

Words of the Day

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pecksniffian

[pek-SNIFF-ee-un] unctuously hypocritical : sanctimonious.

Featured on July 24th, 2024

nudnik

[nud·nik] a pestering, nagging, or irritating person; a bore.

Featured on July 23rd, 2024

perspicacious

[per·spi·ca·cious] having a ready insight into and understanding of things.

Featured on July 22nd, 2024

grame

[grame] sorrow, harm, misery

Featured on July 18th, 2024

saturnine

[sat·ur·nine] (of a person or their manner) slow and gloomy.

Featured on July 17th, 2024

barbermonger

A man who frequents the barber's shop, or prides himself on being dressed by a barber; a fop.

Featured on July 16th, 2024

cacophony

[ca·coph·o·ny] harsh or unpleasant discordance of sound; dissonance

Featured on July 15th, 2024

poltroon

[pol·troon] an utter coward.

Featured on July 11th, 2024

quidnunc

[quid·nunc] an inquisitive and gossipy person

Featured on July 10th, 2024

jejune

[je·june] naive, simplistic, and superficial.

Featured on July 9th, 2024

nugatory

[nu·ga·to·ry] of no value or importance.

Featured on July 8th, 2024

popinjay

[pop·in·jay] a vain or conceited person, especially one who dresses or behaves extravagantly.

Featured on July 2nd, 2024

pedantic

[pe·dan·tic] of or like a pedant; precise, exact

Featured on June 28th, 2024

fey

[FAY] whimsical; strange; otherworldly

Featured on June 27th, 2024

coxcomb

[cox·comb] a vain or conceited man; a dandy

Featured on June 26th, 2024

gnarly

Difficult, dangerous, or challenging.

Featured on June 25th, 2024

puzzlewit

A stupid person

Featured on June 24th, 2024

flapdoodle

[FLAP-doo-dul] nonsense; bosh

Featured on June 20th, 2024

nebbish

[neb·bish] a person, especially a man, who is regarded as pitifully ineffectual, timid, or submissive.

Featured on June 19th, 2024

dogmatic

[dog·mat·ic] being unduly and offensively positive in laying down principles and expressing opinions

Featured on June 18th, 2024

supercilious

[su·per·cil·i·ous] behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others.

Featured on June 17th, 2024

temerity

[tuh·meh·ruh·tee] excessive confidence or boldness; audacity.

Featured on June 12th, 2024

sop

[säp] thing given or done as a concession of no great value to appease someone whose main concerns or demands are not being met.

Featured on June 11th, 2024

mursid

Featured on June 10th, 2024

priggish

[priɡiSH] self-righteously moralistic and superior.

Featured on June 6th, 2024

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