This week’s theme
Words illustrated with AI

This week’s words
speechify
agrostology
smilet
tergiversation
meta

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(SMY-luht)

MEANING:

noun: A little smile.

ETYMOLOGY:

From smile + -et (a diminutive suffix). Earliest documented use: 1591.

USAGE:

“As the muscles of your face force a smilet, your face starts to crack.”
Mavi’nin Sesi; Light of Lilith-11; Cosmo Publishing; 2021.

“His eyes glittered as he gauged her humor. ‘Quid pro quo?’
‘Tit for tat,’ she consented with a smilet, and realized to her shame that she was flirting.”
Rona Sharon; Royal Blood; Kensington Books; 2009.

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