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cogitabund : (archaic, literary) Deep in thought; meditative, thoughtful. The French sculptor Auguste Rodin, who created the sculpture known as The Thinker, was born 180 years ago on 12 November 1840. (word of the day date for November 14, 2020)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cogitabund#English
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fantasia : (music, also figurative) A form of instrumental composition with a free structure and improvisational characteristics; specifically, one combining a number of well-known musical pieces. (chiefly art, by extension) Any work which is unstructured or comprises other works of different genres or styles. A traditional festival of the Berbers of the Maghreb (in northwest Africa) featuring exhibitions of horsemanship. The Walt Disney animated film Fantasia premiered on this day 80 years ago in 1940. (word of the day date for November 13, 2020)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fantasia#English
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World Wide Web : (Internet) Usually preceded by the: collectively, all of the hypertext documents (web pages) on the Internet stored in different computers around the world that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of media, and are typically retrieved by the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS). Today is the 30th anniversary of the day in 1990 when Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau coined the term in a formal proposal to build a “web” of “hypertext documents” to be viewed by “browsers” using a client–server architecture. (word of the day date for November 12, 2020)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web#English
poppy : Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially the common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant. A bright red colour tinted with orange, like that of the common poppy flower. poppy: (chiefly Australia, Britain, Canada) A simple artificial poppy flower worn in a buttonhole or displayed in other contexts to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts, especially around Remembrance Sunday. [...] Today, the date in 1918 when hostilities in World War I ceased, is observed as Remembrance Day in many countries to remember armed forces members who have died in the line of duty. (word of the day date for November 11, 2020)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/poppy#English
rake : (agriculture, horticulture) A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor. (by extension) A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes. (gambling) A tool with a straight edge at the end used by a croupier to move chips or money across a gaming table. [...] (Northern England and climbing, also figurative) A course, a path, especially a narrow and steep path or route up a hillside. (mining) A fissure or mineral vein of ore traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so. (Britain, originally Northern England, Scotland) A series, a succession; specifically (rail transport) a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons. (systems theory) In cellular automata: a puffer that emits a stream of spaceships rather than a trail of debris. (Midlands, Northern England) Alternative spelling of raik (“a course, a way; pastureland over which animals graze; a journey to transport something between two places; a run; also, the quantity of items so transported”) [...] A person (usually a man) who is stylish but habituated to hedonistic and immoral conduct. English artist William Hogarth was born today in 1697. His series of paintings called A Rake’s Progress (1732–1734) depicts a rake who wastes his money on extravagant living, gambling, and prostitutes, and ends up first in prison and then in an insane asylum. (word of the day date for November 10, 2020)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rake#English
endorheic : (hydrology) Of a basin or lake: having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation or seepage into the ground. (word of the day date for November 9, 2020)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/endorheic#English
fly in the ointment : (idiomatic) Something (especially a minor thing) which ruins or spoils everything else, or makes it less pleasant; a nuisance or problem; a disagreeable or unpleasant detail. (word of the day date for November 8, 2020)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fly_in_the_ointment#English
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nitty-gritty : (originally US, colloquial, also attributively) The core or essence of something; the details. (word of the day date for November 7, 2020)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nitty-gritty#English
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sprightly : Animated, gay, or vivacious; lively, spirited. Of a person: full of life and vigour, especially with a light and springy step. Especially of an older person: energetic and in good health; spry. (obsolete, rare) Of or relating to a sprite; ghostly, spectral. sprightly adv In a lively and vigorous way; sprightlily. (word of the day date for November 6, 2020)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sprightly#English
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obelus : (historical) A symbol resembling a horizontal line (–), sometimes together with one or two dots (for example, ⨪ or ÷), which was used in ancient manuscripts and texts to mark a word or passage as doubtful or spurious, or redundant; an obelisk. A dagger symbol (†), which is used in printed matter as a reference mark to refer the reader to a footnote, marginal note, etc.; beside a person's name to indicate that the person is deceased; or beside a date to indicate that it is a person's death date; an obelisk. (word of the day date for November 5, 2020)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/obelus#English
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no one : Used in contrast to either someone or everyone: not one person; nobody. The song “Ain’t Nobody” by funk band Rufus and singer Chaka Khan was released on this day in 1983 in their album Stompin’ at the Savoy – Live. (word of the day date for November 4, 2020)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/no_one#English