Monday's word was an Italian loan, baldachin: "a rich embroidered fabric of silk and gold," from Baldacco, the Italian name for Baghdad.
Then again, Monday's word was Z-list, a recent American coinage that refers to a "(notional) list comprising only the very least celebrated or important members of a particular group; esp. used to emphasize extreme insignificance."
Antonymically, Monday's word was salient: a Latin import that originally meant "moving by leaps or springs" and now means "standing out conspicuously: prominent; especially: of notable significance."
It all depended on whose word of the day arrived in your email on Monday morning.
Whether you're a student committed to building your vocabulary or simply an unabashed lover of the English language, starting each day with a fresh word can be intellectually nourishing--and more enjoyable than a bowl of All-Bran.
Here are three of my favorite daily word sites, all of them available through free email subscriptions:
To learn more about these sites (plus a few others), go to Daily Word Sites: Learn a New Word Every Day.More About Words:
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