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"Being interesting has been replaced by being identifiable." ~Chuck Klosterman I'm backseat riding to Ohio this morning and some reading is in order. Here's to some brilliant funny words 😉...I hope 😃. #roadtrip #chuckklosterman #ropesouls #sunshine #reading #booksinthemorning #definethis (at On The Road Again)

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cognoscente

Today’s Merriam-Webster #definethis word of the day is:

cognoscente

pronounced   \kahn-yuh-SHEN-tee\

noun, plural cognoscenti

: a person who has expert knowledge in a subject : connoisseur

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recidivism

Today’s Merriam-Webster #definethis word of the day is:

recidivism

pronounced   \rih-SID-uh-viz-um\

noun

: a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior; especially : relapse into criminal behavior

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fugacious

Today’s Merriam-Webster #definethis word of the day is:

fugacious

pronounced   \fyoo-GAY-shus\

adjective

: lasting a short time : evanescent

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eschew

Today’s Merriam-Webster #definethis word of the day is:

eschew

pronounced   \ess-CHOO\

verb

: to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds

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minim

Today’s Merriam-Webster #definethis word of the day is:

minim

pronounced   \MIN-im\

noun

1

: a musical half note

2

: something very minute

3

: a unit of liquid capacity equal to 1/60 fluid dram

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troubadour

This is Friday's special #definethis.     Regular players receive 20,000 eaves for playing today's word.

Today’s Merriam-Webster #definethis word of the day is:

troubadour

pronounced   \TROO-buh-dor\

noun

1

: a lyric poet or musician who performed chiefly in southern France and northern Italy in the 11th through 13th centuries

2

: a singer especially of folk songs

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damask

Today’s Merriam-Webster #definethis word of the day is:

damask

pronounced   \DAM-usk\

noun

1

: a firm lustrous fabric (as of linen, cotton, silk, or rayon) made with flat patterns in a satin weave on a plain-woven ground on jacquard looms

2

: hard elastic steel ornamented with wavy patterns and used especially for sword blades; also : the characteristic markings of this steel

3

: a grayish red

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