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Thursday’s word of the day is ‘habile’, which means; deft, skilful. Are you habile at something? #WordOfTheDay #WeAllHaveASkill

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Wednesday’s word of the day is a good auld Scottish word that I hadn’t heard for ages, ‘mauchit’ which means; dirty or filthy. Coming into winter we can expect some mauchit shoes traipsing dirt everywhere 😅. #wordoftheday #youarepuremauchit

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Tuesday’s word of the day is ‘edacious’ which means; to be very eager for something, especially a lot of food. I have certainly had an edacious appetite since term began! #WordOfTheDay #eateateat

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A new week, a new word of the day! Today’s word of the day is ‘disenthrall’ which means; to set free. I hope you all feel free, if not I hope you have someone to help disenthrall you 😊 #WordOfTheDay #freedom

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After missing a couple of days, (sorry) Thursday’s word of the day is, ‘deipnosophist’ which means; a person is who is a master of dinner table conversation. You could start your dinner table chat by using this word! #wordoftheday #iknowagoodword

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It’s Monday and it’s a late word of the day, sorry! Today’s word of the day is ‘crottle’ which means; a common lichen found on rocks, used in Scotland to make a golden-brown or reddish-brown dye for staining wool for making tweed. A niche word but nice to say! #WordOfTheDay #dye

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It’s Friday! Today’s word of the day is ‘cacoethes’ which means; an urge to do something inadvisable. Don’t know about you, but I have had that before! #WordOfTheDay #betterthinktwice

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Thursday’s word of the day is ‘blatherskite’ which means; a person who talks at great length without making much sense. We have all known a blatherskite right? #WordOfTheDay #namingnonames

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Tuesday’s word of the day is ‘anfractuous’ which means; sinuous or circuitous. I’ve had a few arguments like that 😅 #WordOfTheDay #keeponthestraightandnarrow

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Happy Monday everyone 😊. Today’s word of the day is a great word to say out loud! It is ‘absquatulate’, which means; to leave abruptly. #WordOfTheDay #byenow

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Happy Friday everyone 😊. Today’s word of the day is ‘irenic’ which means; aiming or aimed at peace. A lovely word to end the week on I think. Have a peaceful weekend everyone. #WordOfTheDay #givepeaceachance

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Thursday’s word of the day is ‘collywobbles’ which means; stomach pains or queasiness, or intense anxiety or nervousness. Does anyone have the collywobbles for the new term? 🙋 #wordoftheday #itllbefinehonest

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Mr. Stick's Grammar Lesson #4 - What is an adverb? #edutwitter #teachertwitter #edchat

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Wednesday’s word of the day is ‘widdershins’ which means; in a direction contrary to the sun's course, considered as unlucky; anticlockwise. This is another word introduced to me by the great Sir Terry Pratchett through his Discworld novels. #wordoftheday #wrongway

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Tuesday’s word of the day is ‘ephemeral’ which means; lasting for a very short time. I don’t know about you, but I think this summer holiday has been ephemeral! #WordOfTheDay #onemoreweekplease

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Happy Monday everyone 😊. Today’s word of the day is ‘solivagant’ which means; a lone wanderer (noun) or characterised by lone wandering (adjective). I hope you aren’t a solivagant today, unless you want to be of course! #WordOfTheDay #youdoyou

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Friday’s word of the day is ‘cockaigne’ which means; a land of plenty in medieval myth, an imaginary place of extreme luxury and ease. I hope you find your cockaigne this weekend! #WordOfTheDay #haveagoodone

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Thursday’s word of the day is ‘nefarious’ which means; a wicked or criminal action or activity. I hope you aren’t doing anything nefarious today! #WordOfTheDay #notonefarious

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Wednesday’s word of the day is ‘selcouth’ which means; odd, unusual, or extraordinary in appearance, effect, manner etc. Not often used any more, can you use it in a sentence today? 🤔 #WordOfTheDay #canyouuseit

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Happy Monday everyone! Today’s word of the day is ‘sweven’ which means; a vision or dream. I hope your sweven is a good one 😊 #wordoftheday #dreamalittledream