Word of the Day

Robert Drake on January 3, 2009 in Reading for Writers, Writing Tools/Advice

Epeolatry: Worship of words.

That’s about as obsure a word as you can find. The only reason I know about is from Anu Garg’s word of the day email. Every day I check my email and a handful of other sites for new and obscure words to explore. Given that I’ve just put out my list of words of the year, I decided it’d be a good time for a Word of the Day article. Below are websites that offer up a word (or a handful of words) every day for your linguaphilistic pleasures.

Dictionary.com: I’ve been checking this site every day for almost four years.
NYTimes
Wordsmith.org: This is Anu Garg’s site. They also have a word of the day email you can subscribe to. It’s consistantly well-written and informative.
Marriam-Webster: I don’t tend to care much for their popup advertizements.
Oxford English Dictionary
OneLook: This one is cool. It shows 5 of the words most often searched for on their dictionary.

If you have any more, send em my way!

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