This week’s theme
Illustrated words

This week’s words
aristology
diablerie
heliophilous
lotic
umbriferous

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(hee-lee-AH-fuh-luhs)

MEANING:

adjective: Fond of or adapted to sunlight.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Greek helio- (sun) + -philous (liking). Earliest documented use: 1860.

USAGE:

“Pervaded by an unstoppable desire to reach the top, he began to increase his speed, reaching the end almost flying. Once there, he realized that the immense foliage contained ... heliophilous lianas.”
Silvia Torquati; A Sign of Hope; Silvia Torquati; 2021.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: