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/r/FunWithWords is a community to help you expand your vocabulary. Every hour, we feature a new vocabulary word along with an English definition.

For simpler words, take a look at: /r/Word_of_The_Hour

Welcome to /r/funwithwords!

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Please share anything related to words that you enjoy. For example, share a game, a word challenge, a meme, a pun, a funny use of a word, an interesting translation, just keep it safe and clean.

Recommended Subreddits:

Word of The Hour - /r/Word_of_The_Hour

Dictionary - /r/Dictionary

Spanish Vocabulary - /r/Vocabulario

French Vocabulary - /r/Traductions

German Vocabulary - /r/Sprache

Italian Vocabulary - /r/Lessico

Recommended Tools & Apps:

  • WordofTheHour.org - We share one vocabulary word every hour along with translations into French, German, Hindi, Italian, and Spanish.

  • Treegle - an interactive dictionary website for visualizing how the meaning of one word depends on the meaning of another.

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Word of The Hour: ambulacral

ambulacral: of or pertaining to ambulacra

See tree for ambulacral: https://treegledictionary.org/define/ambulacral

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2024/12/02
12:01 UTC

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Word of The Hour: censor

censor: one of two magistrates of rome who took a register of the number and property of citizens, and who also exercised the office of inspector of morals and conduct

See tree for censor: https://treegledictionary.org/define/censor

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2024/12/02
11:01 UTC

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Word of The Hour: meniscus

meniscus: a lens convex on one side and concave on the other

See tree for meniscus: https://treegledictionary.org/define/meniscus

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2024/12/02
10:01 UTC

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Word of The Hour: popularize

popularize: to make suitable or acceptable to the common people

See tree for popularize: https://treegledictionary.org/define/popularize

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2024/12/02
09:01 UTC

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Word of The Hour: cosmopolite

cosmopolite: one who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every place

See tree for cosmopolite: https://treegledictionary.org/define/cosmopolite

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2024/12/02
08:01 UTC

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Word of The Hour: externality

externality: state of being external

See tree for externality: https://treegledictionary.org/define/externality

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2024/12/02
07:01 UTC

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Word of The Hour: urbanity

urbanity: the quality or state of being urbane

See tree for urbanity: https://treegledictionary.org/define/urbanity

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2024/12/02
06:01 UTC

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Word of The Hour: availableness

availableness: competent power; validity

See tree for availableness: https://treegledictionary.org/define/availableness

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2024/12/02
05:01 UTC

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Word of The Hour: picul

picul: a commercial weight varying in different countries and for different commodities. in borneo it is 135 lbs.

See tree for picul: https://treegledictionary.org/define/picul

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2024/12/02
04:01 UTC

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Word of The Hour: pedigree

pedigree: descent; lineage; genealogy

See tree for pedigree: https://treegledictionary.org/define/pedigree

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2024/12/02
03:01 UTC

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Word of The Hour: squamosal

squamosal: scalelike; squamous

See tree for squamosal: https://treegledictionary.org/define/squamosal

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2024/12/02
02:01 UTC

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Word of The Hour: vindictive

vindictive: disposed to revenge

See tree for vindictive: https://treegledictionary.org/define/vindictive

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2024/12/02
01:01 UTC

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Word of The Hour: warrantable

warrantable: authorized by commission, precept, or right

See tree for warrantable: https://treegledictionary.org/define/warrantable

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2024/12/02
00:01 UTC

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Word of The Hour: inflective

inflective: characterized by variation, or change in form, to mark case, tense, etc.

See tree for inflective: https://treegledictionary.org/define/inflective

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2024/12/01
23:01 UTC

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Word of The Hour: hymnology

hymnology: also, the collective body of hymns used by any particular church or religious body

See tree for hymnology: https://treegledictionary.org/define/hymnology

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2024/12/01
22:01 UTC

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Word of The Hour: headquarters

headquarters: the quarters or place of residence of any chief officer, as the general in command of an army, or the head of a police force

See tree for headquarters: https://treegledictionary.org/define/headquarters

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2024/12/01
21:01 UTC

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Word of The Hour: yeomanry

yeomanry: the position or rank of a yeoman

See tree for yeomanry: https://treegledictionary.org/define/yeomanry

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2024/12/01
20:01 UTC

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Word of The Hour: compile

compile: to put together in a new form out of materials already existing

See tree for compile: https://treegledictionary.org/define/compile

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2024/12/01
19:01 UTC

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Word of The Hour: bonito

bonito: the medregal (seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the southern of the united states and the west indies

See tree for bonito: https://treegledictionary.org/define/bonito

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2024/12/01
18:01 UTC

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Word of The Hour: nobly

nobly: of noble extraction

See tree for nobly: https://treegledictionary.org/define/nobly

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2024/12/01
17:01 UTC

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Word of The Hour: embattled

embattled: having the edge broken like battlements

See tree for embattled: https://treegledictionary.org/define/embattled

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2024/12/01
16:01 UTC

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Word of The Hour: upholder

upholder: a broker or auctioneer

See tree for upholder: https://treegledictionary.org/define/upholder

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2024/12/01
15:01 UTC

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Word of The Hour: context

context: knit or woven together

See tree for context: https://treegledictionary.org/define/context

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2024/12/01
14:01 UTC

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Word of The Hour: batch

batch: the quantity of bread baked at one time

See tree for batch: https://treegledictionary.org/define/batch

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2024/12/01
13:01 UTC

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Word of The Hour: fritter

fritter: a fragment; a shred

See tree for fritter: https://treegledictionary.org/define/fritter

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2024/12/01
12:01 UTC

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Word of The Hour: overtop

overtop: to make of less importance, or throw into the background, by superior excellence

See tree for overtop: https://treegledictionary.org/define/overtop

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2024/12/01
11:01 UTC

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Word of The Hour: pseudomorph

pseudomorph: an irregular or deceptive form

See tree for pseudomorph: https://treegledictionary.org/define/pseudomorph

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2024/12/01
10:01 UTC

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Word of The Hour: parathesis

parathesis: the placing of two or more nouns in the same case

See tree for parathesis: https://treegledictionary.org/define/parathesis

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2024/12/01
09:01 UTC

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Word of The Hour: prepense

prepense: to weigh or consider beforehand

See tree for prepense: https://treegledictionary.org/define/prepense

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2024/12/01
08:01 UTC

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Word of The Hour: untangle

untangle: to loose from tangles or intricacy

See tree for untangle: https://treegledictionary.org/define/untangle

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2024/12/01
07:01 UTC

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