Turbid (Dictionary.com's Word of the Day)

Muddy; thick with or as if with roiled sediment; not clear; -- used of liquids of any kind. Quote:
Wesley's mind seems at this time to have been in a turbid and restless state. (W. B. Stonehouse, The History and Topography of the Isle of Axholme). Read the full Dictionary.com Word of the Day entry here. See also: The History and Topography of the Isle of Axholme: Being That Part of Lincolnshire Which Is West of Trent, The Office Of Deans Rural: A Sermon (1841)

Mussitate (Dictionary.com Word of the Day)

Mussitate: to silently move the lips in simulation of audible speech. Quote: "Oh, Anu, I never thought to see you again," he mussitates . (I have appeared to him in my original form.) (Dan Wick, The Devil's Tale).

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For The Love Of Words: Dictionary.com Word Of The Day Books

We'll be featuring books, soon, that are titles that have been mentioned by our editor-friends at Dictionary.com, who put together that wildly popular column, Word Of The Day.

Confiscable (Dictionary.com Word of the Day)

Confiscable: liable to be taken by an authorized party. As in this quote: He knew of about a thousand bales of cotton, some of it private property, some of it confiscable , stored at various points on the banks of the Alabama (Ambrose Bierce, For the Ahkoond)

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Diaphanous (Dictionary.com Word of the Day)

Diaphanous: allowing light to pass through. Quote: The curtains are thin, a diaphanous membrane that can't quite contain the light outside. (Eric Liu, The Accidental Asian). Quote: This phantom wore many faces, but it always had golden hair, was enveloped in a diaphanous cloud, and floated airily before his mind's eye in a pleasing chaos of roses, peacocks, white ponies, and blue ribbons. (Louisa May Alcott, Little Women). Read the complete Dictionary.com's Word of the Day entry here. See also: The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker, Little Women (Signet Classics), and The Best of Louisa May Alcott: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys, An Old-Fashioned Girl, Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom (7 great books in one)

Habitué (Dictionary.com Word of the Day)

Habitué: one who frequents a particular place. Quote: The habitués decided that "Bob McAdoo was up to somethin'." A stranger, who had of late frequented Haggin's saloon, also remarked these events. His opinion was given privately to MacPherson. (Henry Russell Miller, The Man Higher Up)

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Abnegate (Dictionary.com's Word of the Day)

1.To refuse or deny oneself; to reject; to renounce.
2. To give up (rights, claims, etc.); to surrender; to relinquish.
Quotes:
An exaggerated veneration for an exceptional individual will allow worshippers "to abnegate responsibility, looking to the great man for salvation or for fulfilment" that we should work out for ourselves.
-- Christina Hardyment, "The intoxicating allure of great men" review of Heroes: Saviors Traitors and Supermen by Lucy Hughes-Hallett, Independent , October 19, 2004
Adrift and divided, lacking intelligent leadership from the White House, the members of Congress have chosen to abnegate their constitutional responsibility in the hope that the blunt, crude mechanism of Gramm-Rudman will compensate for the failure of political will.
-- Evan Thomas, "Look Ma! No hands!'", Time , December 23, 1985
Feed no more blossoms
to the wind, abnegate the constellations,
negate the sea and what is left
of your world? What is left then?
-- Alessandra Lynch, "Excommunication", American Poetry Review , July/August 2003

Read the full entry here. See also: Cleopatra: Histories, Dreams and Distortions, Heroes: A History of Hero Worship, Cleopatra: The First Woman of Power

Delectation (Dictionary.com's Word of the Day)

Great pleasure; delight, enjoyment. Quote: At other times she'll get so worked up by some pet poeticism that she forgets she's not writing just for her own delectation. (David Klinghoffer, "Black madonna", National Review , February 9, 1998) Read the full Dictionary.com entry here. See also: Why the Jews Rejected Jesus: The Turning Point in Western History, The Lord Will Gather Me In: My Journey to Jewish Orthodoxy, The John Adams Earbox: A 10-CD Retrospective, The Discovery of God: Abraham and the Birth of Monotheism