ONE INTERESTING WORD, EVERY DAY.AN EDITION FOR THE CURIOUS

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Every word, in the order it arrived. Follow your curiosity.

59 WORDS

November 2026

verb · To turn into glass or a glass-like substance, especially through intense heat.

adjective · Soothing or pain-relieving; also, blandly agreeable and unlikely to cause offense.

verb · To walk around or through a place; also, to inspect an area on foot.

adjective · Light, fine, and translucent enough to let light pass through.

noun · A splendid or impressive display of many things.

verb · To confuse or thoroughly baffle someone.

adjective · Softly glowing or flickering over a surface, without fierce heat.

noun · A song or poem of mourning for someone who has died.

adjective · Restrained in eating or drinking; sparing in indulgence.

verb · To overlap in a regular pattern, like roof tiles or scales.

noun · A paid position that requires little or no work.

October 2026

noun · The partly shaded area at the edge of a full shadow; figuratively, an uncertain area between clear categories.

adjective · Strangely eerie or seemingly supernatural.

noun · A confused mixture of many different things.

noun · The curve formed by a uniform chain or cable hanging freely between two supports.

verb · To dress or decorate someone or something in a gaudy, showy way.

adjective · Having a noticeable fragrance; also, strongly suggestive or reminiscent of something.

noun · Making something from materials already at hand; a work made in that way.

noun · An alignment of three celestial bodies, with one between the other two.

23tintinnabulation

noun · A tinkling or ringing sound, especially the sound of bells.

noun · A flock of starlings, especially one moving in shifting, swirling patterns; also, an act of murmuring.

noun · Elevation to divine status; by extension, the highest or most perfect example of something.

noun · A memorial for someone whose body is buried elsewhere, often shaped like an empty tomb.

adjective · Wandering or traveling from place to place; also, foreign to a region.

noun · The use of strong contrasts between light and dark to give an image depth and drama.

verb · To make a long, wavering cry, especially in grief or celebration.

noun · The essential nature of a thing: the quality that makes it what it is.

adjective · Insincerely and excessively flattering; in a literal sense, greasy or oily.

adjective · Extremely old-fashioned or ancient; literally, from before a great flood.

noun · A person or thing that attracts attention and admiration; also, a guiding point.

adjective · Of twilight; especially active at dawn or dusk.

11defenestration

noun · The act of throwing someone or something out of a window.

noun · Cheerful eagerness or readiness to do something.

adjective · Full of bends and turns; winding or intricate.

noun · A figure of speech in which one word is made to serve two others in different senses.

adjective · Dry and withered, especially of leaves or a landscape.

adjective · Disappearing quickly or gradually fading from view.

noun · A tiny spark or the slightest trace of something.

noun · A calm state of mind free from disturbance or anxiety.

adjective · Making or marked by a hissing or hushing sound, especially an s or sh sound.

noun · The warmth of sunlight, especially on a cold day.

01efflorescence

noun · A flowering or flourishing; also, a powdery deposit of crystals that forms on a surface.

September 2026

adjective · Just beginning to form; not yet fully developed or organized.

adjective · Stubbornly refusing to change one's mind or soften one's attitude.

adjective · Traveling from place to place, especially for work or as a way of life.

adjective · Dazzlingly bright or splendid in appearance.

adjective · Sweet and smooth sounding, especially of a voice or music.

adjective · Extravagantly idealistic, especially in pursuing impractical goals.

noun · A soft, continuous whispering or rustling sound.

noun · A gap or missing part, especially in a text, record, or line of reasoning.

noun · The earthy scent that rises when rain falls on dry ground.

adjective · Situated at a threshold or in a state of transition between two conditions.

noun · The knack of finding something valuable or delightful when you were looking for something else.

adjective · Shining or glowing at night, especially of high clouds visible after sunset.

noun · A pleasing, harmonious quality of sound, especially in speech or writing.

adjective · Furiously angry; in older medical usage, relating to a stroke.

noun · A manuscript page reused after earlier writing was erased; by extension, something layered with visible traces of its past.

adjective · Abrupt and curt in speech or manner.

adjective · Deserving blame for a wrongful act or failure.