This week’s theme
Words illustrated with AI

This week’s words
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agrostology
smilet
tergiversation
meta

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(ag-ruh-STOL-uh-jee)

MEANING:

noun: The study of grasses.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Greek agrostis (a type of grass), from agros (field) + -logy (study). Earliest documented use: 1820.

USAGE:

“‘Agrostology is not the most er... flamboyant of professions. That’s my proper field.’
‘I see. Rutabagas are just a sideline. But think of all the cows you’ve made happy.’”
Charlotte MacLeod; Rest You Merry; G.K. Hall; 1979.

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