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New Year's resolution n
A vow that one makes on New Year's Eve or New Year's Day for the coming year. Happy New Year from all of us at the Wiktionary!
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tumultuous adj
Characterized by loud, confused noise. Causing or characterized by tumult; chaotic, disorderly, turbulent.
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castle in the air n
(idiomatic) A desire, idea, or plan that is unlikely to ever be realized; a visionary project or scheme; a daydream, an idle fancy, a near impossibility.
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prescient adj
Exhibiting or possessing prescience: having knowledge of, or seemingly able to correctly predict, events before they take place.
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puffling n
A young puffin. Today is National Bird Day in the United States, which was started by the Avian Welfare Coalition and Born Free USA to improve the welfare of birds in captivity.
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Slavi proper n
The Russian Orthodox Christmas, which is celebrated from January 6 through 13 in outstate Alaska, USA, wherever there is a sizable Russian Orthodox population.
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to say nothing of conj
(idiomatic) An apophasis used to mention another important, usually related, point: not taking into account, not to mention, without considering.
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mind-boggling adj
That causes the mind to boggle; that is beyond one's ability to understand or figure out.
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cryptodepression n
(geography, limnology) The portion of a lake which lies below sea level. The cryptocurrency Bitcoin was first issued ten years ago on this day in 2009.
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blooper n
(informal) A blunder, an error. (baseball, slang) A fly ball that is weakly hit just over the infielders. (film, informal) A filmed or videotaped outtake that has recorded an amusing accident and/or mistake. (nautical) A gaff-rigged fore-and-aft sail set from and aft of the aftmost mast of a square-rigged ship; a spanker. (US, dated) A radio which interferes with other radios, causing them to bloop (squeal loudly). The American comedy television series Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders, which featured bloopers from popular movies and TV programs, was first broadcast on this day 35 years ago in 1984.
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blotto adj
(informal) (Very) drunk or intoxicated.
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charlotte russe n
A dessert of custard or whipped cream enclosed in sponge cake, often in the form of ladyfingers. French chef Marie-Antoine Carême, who is supposed to have created the dish and named it in honour of his employer Alexander I of Russia, was born on this day in 1833.
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walk-on girl n
(darts) A woman who escorts a player to the stage at a darts event. The final of the Lakeside World Darts Championship organized by the British Darts Organisation takes place today in 2019.
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darkly adv
With a dark appearance. Faintly seen in the dark. (figuratively) In a morbid manner; morbidly, sinisterly. (figuratively) Mysteriously; forebodingly, ominously.
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field of vision n
The area that a person, an animal, etc., can see with its eyes (or each eye individually) without turning the head.
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bounden adj
(dated) Now chiefly in the term bounden duty: made obligatory; binding. (obsolete) Bound.
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snatch and run n
An unsophisticated method of committing robbery by grabbing someone's property and attempting to flee with it.
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banausic adj
(formal) Of or pertaining to technical matters; mechanical. (formal) Uncultured, unrefined, utilitarian.
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gumption n
(British) Common sense, initiative, resourcefulness. (US) Boldness of enterprise; aggressiveness or initiative. (US) Energy of body and mind, enthusiasm.
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acquit v
(transitive) To declare or find innocent or not guilty. (transitive) To discharge (for example, a claim or debt); to clear off, to pay off; to fulfil. (transitive) Followed by of (and formerly by from): to discharge, release, or set free from a burden, duty, liability, or obligation, or from an accusation or charge. (reflexive) To bear or conduct oneself; to perform one's part. (reflexive) To clear oneself. (transitive, archaic) past participle of acquit. (transitive, obsolete) To release, to rescue, to set free. (transitive, obsolete, rare) To pay for; to atone for.
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pomander n
(countable, uncountable, historical) A mixture of aromatic substances, made into a ball and carried by a person to impart a sweet smell or as a protection against infection. (countable, historical) A small case in which an aromatic ball was carried. (countable) A perforated container filled with pot-pourri for placing in a drawer, wardrobe, room, etc., to provide a sweet smell. (countable) An apple or orange studded with cloves used for the same purpose.
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skimble-skamble adj
Confused, chaotic, disorderly, senseless.
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gigot n
A leg of lamb or mutton. (fashion) Short for gigot sleeve (“a type of sleeve shaped like a leg of mutton”).
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brumous adj
(literary) Foggy or misty; wintry.
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Cullen skink n
A thick soup made of smoked finnan haddock, milk, onions, and potatoes, a local speciality of Cullen in Moray, Scotland. Burns night is held on this date in celebration of the Scottish poet and lyricist Robert Burns (born 260 years ago on 25 January 1759), and usually involves Scottish foods and recitals of his poetry.
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emu n
(obsolete) A cassowary (genus Casuarius). A large flightless bird native to Australia, Dromaius novaehollandiae. Today is Australia Day, the national day of Australia.
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looking glass n
A piece of glass with a reflective surface that one may look into to see an image of oneself; a mirror. A way into a bizarre world. English writer and mathematician Lewis Carroll, the author of the children’s novel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871), was born on this day in 1832.
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caliginous adj
(archaic or literary) Dark, obscure; murky.
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Rafflesian adj
Of or relating to Sir Stamford Raffles, a British colonial statesman known for his founding of modern Singapore and British Malaya. (Singapore) Of or relating to an educational institution named after Sir Stamford Raffles. Rafflesian n (Singapore) A current or former student of an educational institution named after Sir Stamford Raffles. Today is the bicentennial of the day in 1819 when Sir Stamford Raffles sailed up the Singapore River and landed on the main island of Singapore, having visited Saint John’s Island the previous day.
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dehort v
(transitive, rare or obsolete) To dissuade.
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Tiggerish adj
(British) (Excessively) cheerful and exuberant; bouncy. The English author A. A. Milne, who created the character Tigger in his works about Winnie-the-Pooh, died on this day in 1956.
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