Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 21, 2025 is: permeate • \PER-mee-ayt\ • verb To permeate is to pass or spread through something. // The scent of lilacs permeated the room. // A feeling of anxiety permeated the office as everyone rushed to meet the deadline. See the entry > Examples: "The smell of sawdust permeates the air, and the din o…

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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 20, 2025 is: vernal • \VER-nul\ • adjective Vernal is a formal adjective that describes something that relates to or occurs in the spring. // It is such a relief after a long, cold winter to see the trees and flowers in their glorious vernal bloom. See the entry > Examples: “I visited the wetland as best …

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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 19, 2025 is: juggernaut • \JUG-er-nawt\ • noun A juggernaut is something (such as a force, campaign, or movement) that is extremely large and powerful and cannot be stopped. // The team is a juggernaut this year, winning more games than any team before it has. See the entry > Examples: "[Judd] Apatow talk…

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 19, 2025 is: juggernaut \JUG-er-nawt\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 18, 2025 is: admonish • \ad-MAH-nish\ • verb To admonish someone is to express warning or disapproval towards them, or to urge them to do something. // We were admonished for arriving late to the meeting. // They were admonished to take advantage of the opportunity. See the entry > Examples: "My parents a…

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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 17, 2025 is: limerick • \LIM-uh-rik\ • noun A limerick is a humorous rhyming poem of five lines. // My limerick received a prize for the funniest poem at the open mic night. See the entry > Examples: "… the play is silly, purposefully stupid and tough for even [Cole] Escola to categorize: 'If I were to ca…

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 16, 2025 is: rife • \RYFE\ • adjective Rife usually describes things that are very common and often—though not always—bad or unpleasant. Rife is also commonly used in the phrase “rife with” to mean “copiously supplied” or “having a large amount of; full of.” Unlike most adjectives, rife is not used before…

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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 15, 2025 is: stratagem • \STRAT-uh-jum\ • noun A stratagem is a trick or plan for deceiving an enemy or for achieving a goal. // They devised various stratagems to get the cat into the carrier, but the feisty feline was wise to them all. See the entry > Examples: "In one illustration of the mashup of sacr…

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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 14, 2025 is: bamboozle • \bam-BOO-zul\ • verb To bamboozle someone is to deceive, trick, or confuse them. // The salesperson bamboozled us into getting a more expensive item than we had planned to buy. See the entry > Examples: "'We're not trying to make a perfect film that's, like, got a twist: Oh my God…

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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 13, 2025 is: curfew • \KER-fyoo\ • noun Curfew refers to a law or order that requires people to be indoors after a certain time at night, as well as to the period of time when such an order or law is in effect. Chiefly in the United States, curfew is also used to refer to the time set by a parent or careg…

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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 12, 2025 is: multifarious • \mul-tuh-FAIR-ee-us\ • adjective Something described as multifarious has great diversity or variety, or is made up of many and various kinds of things. Multifarious is a formal word and a synonym of diverse. // He participated in multifarious activities throughout college. See …

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 11, 2025 is: quark \KWORK\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 10, 2025 is: imperturbable \im-per-TER-buh-bul\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 9, 2025 is: wend \WEND\ verb See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 8, 2025 is: gregarious \grih-GAIR-ee-us\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 7, 2025 is: emollient \ih-MAHL-yunt\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 6, 2025 is: career \kuh-REER\ verb See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 5, 2025 is: askew \uh-SKYOO\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 4, 2025 is: schadenfreude \SHAH-dun-froy-duh\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 3, 2025 is: draconian \dray-KOH-nee-un\ adjective See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 2, 2025 is: transpire \tran-SPYRE\ verb See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.