Word Trivia

storehouse

Thu, 22 Apr 2021 05:00:00 GMT

magazine - Considered a "storehouse" for articles; the word comes from Arabic makhzan, "storehouse," and was first used in book titles presenting a "store" of information about specific topics. More...

ambry - Another word for a treasury, storehouse, place to keep things. More...

garner - Originally a storehouse or granary. More...

thesaurus - Comes from Greek thesauros, meaning "storehouse, treasury," and its original sense was "dictionary or encyclopedia," but this was narrowed to the current meaning with the appearance of Roget's in 1852. More...

silly

Wed, 21 Apr 2021 05:00:00 GMT

desipient - A fancy way to say "silly, trifling, foolish." More...

fond - First meant "foolish, silly." More...

footle, footling - To footle is to talk or act foolishly, from the old verb meaning "bungle"; as an adjective, footle (or footling) refers to something trifling or silly. More...

simper - To smile in a silly or self-conscious way. More...

stall

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 05:00:00 GMT

loge - A booth or stall; also a box in a theatre. More...

cage - Came to English from Latin cavea, "enclosure for animals; coop, hive, or stall"—or "dungeon." More...

install - Its earliest sense was "place in office by seating in a stall or official seat," from Old French estaler, "to place," from estal, "place." More...

pedestal - Comes from Old Italian piedestallo, a conflation of pie de stallo, "foot of a stall." More...