This week’s theme
No el

This week’s words
disject
equative
zygomorphic
excubant
forswunk

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(EK-wuh-tiv)

MEANING:

adjective: Expressing identity or a degree of comparison.
noun: A case in some languages indicating equivalence or similarity between two things.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin aequare (to make equal). Earliest documented use: 1913.

USAGE:

“‘That behavior becomes very normalized for them because of the environment that they’re in, because everyone’s doing it,’ [Lori Goins] said. ‘It’s almost equative to an ER doctor, where everything is intense and in crisis.’”
Amy Bartner; Why One of the City’s Top Bartenders Stopped Drinking; Indianapolis Star (Indiana); Apr 16, 2017.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: