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#Wikipedia #word of the day is #loggerhead : (obsolete) A stupid person; a blockhead, a dolt.
A metal tool consisting of a long rod with a bulbous end that is made hot in a fire, then plunged into some material (such as pitch or a liquid) to melt or heat it.
(nautical) A pos…
#Scientists take cues from Jules Verne to study life at the 'center of the Earth' ift.tt/2HT11bt #news #science #invention
#Wikipedia #word of the day is #imburse : (transitive, obsolete) To put into a purse; to save, to store up.
(transitive, obsolete) To give money to, to pay; to stock or supply with money.
(transitive, obsolete) To pay back money that is owed; to refund, to repay, to reimburs…
Wikipedia picture of the day on April 2, 2019: "The Wings" by Studio Libeskind, a sculpture and light installation erected in 2016 for the newly built Siemens headquarters in Munich, Germany. ift.tt/2I436Rj
#Wikipedia #word of the day is #couth : (obsolete) Familiar, known; well-known, renowned.
(Scotland) Variant of couthie.
Agreeable, friendly, pleasant.
Comfortable; cosy, snug. […]
Marked by or possessing a high degree of sophistication; cultured, refined.
To celebrate Ap…
Wikipedia picture of the day on April 1, 2019: Male Abyssinian black-and-white colobus (Colobus guereza guereza) in Ethiopia ift.tt/2YDjjCS
#Wikipedia #word of the day is #verklempt : (US, colloquial) Overcome with emotion, choked up.
(US, colloquial) Flustered, nervous, overwhelmed.
Wikipedia picture of the day on March 31, 2019: Interior of the Serbian Orthodox Hercegovačka Gračanica church, built in 2000 and located on the Crkvina Hill overlooking the town of Trebinje, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The temple is an exa… ift.tt/2TGEEaQ
#Wikipedia #word of the day is #pseudopatient : (dated) A person who pretends to be ill, especially to gain some benefit.
(medicine) A person who poses as a patient so that research may be conducted or staff trained.
Today is National Doctors’ Day in the United States, whi…
#Wikipedia #word of the day is #chaotic : Filled with chaos.
Extremely disorganized or in disarray.
(mathematics) Highly sensitive to starting conditions, so that a small change to them may yield a very different outcome.
(role-playing games) Aligned against following or uph…
Wikipedia picture of the day on March 29, 2019: Ida Husted Harper was an American author, journalist, columnist, and suffragist, as well as the chosen biographer of Susan B. Anthony, whom she also worked with on the six-volume History of Woman Suffrage. … ift.tt/2WwQRAu
