This week’s theme
No el

This week’s words
grandezza
aquaphobia
juxtapositive
swanky
cruciform

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(SWANG-kee)

MEANING:

adjective:
1. Stylish; fashionable; luxurious.
2. Pretentious; ostentatious.

ETYMOLOGY:

From swank (swagger), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Middle High German swanken (to sway). Earliest documented use: 1842.

USAGE:

“When beauty mogul and entrepreneur Mona Kattan invited you to her basement library at her swanky villa in Palm Jumeirah, you were forgiven for expecting rows of leather-bound books neatly stacked together under warm lighting.
‘We are in my perfume library basement right now,’ said Kattan.”
Manjusha Radhakrishnan; Dubai’s Beauty Mogul Mona Kattan’s Scent of Success; Gulf News (Dubai); May 9, 2023.

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