This week’s theme
Illustrated words

This week’s words
aristology
diablerie
heliophilous
lotic
umbriferous

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(LOH-tik)

MEANING:

adjective: Relating to or living in flowing water.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin lotus (washed), past participle of lavere (to wash). Earliest documented use: 1916. A counterpart word is lenitic/lentic (living in still water).

USAGE:

“The grant will allow the students to conduct research over the next year on the effects of road salt on forest and lotic ecosystems.”
Announcements; Concord Monitor (New Hampshire); Jul 29, 2019.

“Michael continued his summoning despite the trickle of lotic terror in his veins.”
Teri A. Jacobs; Secrets of the Bones; Wildside Press; 2005.

See more usage examples of lotic in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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