This week’s theme
There’s a word for it

This week’s words
nemophilist
spindrift
mononymous
noctivagant
betweenity

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(SPIN-drift)

MEANING:

noun: Spray of water, snow, sand, etc., blown by the wind.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Scots speendrift, from speen (to run before the wind) + drift, from Old English drifan (to drive). Earliest documented use: 1611.

USAGE:

“We run into a small squall and get tossed about on the ocean waves, spindrift soaking our faces.”
Katja Gaskell; Coastal Treasures; The Independent (London, UK); Jan 17, 2021.

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

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