Word Of The Day: Dalliance.

Noun
1. A casual romantic or sexual relationship.
2. Brief or casual involvement with something.

Example Sentences.
1. "I had a brief dalliance with pottery, but I was never skilled enough to make anything that survived the kiln."
2. "My sister is having a dalliance on our vacation, but it doesn't seem like it will last beyond our plane ride home."
3. "Her dalliance with baking turned into a full-fledged operation where she delivers dozens of pastries to local coffee shops every morning."

Word Origin: English, 14th century

The Old French root of this flirtatious word is benign: It comes from "dalier," meaning "to chat." In Middle English, "to dally" took on a more amorous quality, and "dalliance" became the noun for a casual fling.

Word of the Day: Matutinal

Adjective
1. Of or occurring in the morning.

Example Sentences.
1. "Fred likes to start his day with a matutinal jog in the park."
2. "The regular matutinal Monday meeting set the tone for the week."
3. "My daily matutinal habit is to drink a strong cup of coffee and eat scrambled eggs with toast."

Word Origin.
Latin, mid-15th century

"Matutinal," meaning "in the morning," comes from the Latin "matutinus," meaning "early." The adjective can be traced back to Mātūta, the Roman goddess of dawn.

Word of the Day: Purlieu.

noun
1. The area near or surrounding a place.
2. A person's usual haunts.

Example Sentences.
1. "The purlieu of Mr. Collins' property was overgrown, so I mowed it when I did my lawn."
2. "The auditorium was a natural purlieu for the school's theater students."
3. "Kent's purlieu is the cozy coffee shop on the corner."

Word Origin.
Anglo-Norman French, late 15th century

In modern French, "lieu" means "place." "Purlieu" is likely an alteration of the Anglo-Norman French "puralee," meaning "a going round to settle the boundaries." In medieval England, the lucky few who were able to acquire land would hold a ceremony, called a "perambulation," to make it clear that the land belonged to them.

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Word of the Day: Kaffeeklatsch.

NOUN
1. An informal social gathering at which coffee is served.
2. Talking or gossip at an informal gathering where coffee is served.

Example Sentences.
1. "The highlight of the neighborhood get-togethers was the kaffeeklatsch that always followed."
2. "My grandmother loved nothing more than a good kaffeeklatsch with her friends on Saturday mornings."
3. "We call it a 'book club,' but in truth, it's mostly a kaffeeklatsch."

Word Origin.
German, late 19th century

Here we have more proof that German might just be the world's most flexible and useful language. This word, which literally means "coffee gossip," has been traced back to roughly 1900, when German housewives would gather at one another's houses to chat and imbibe their daily caffeine.

Word of the Day: Inveterate

ADJECTIVE
1. Having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change.
2. (Of a feeling or habit) Long-established and unlikely to change.

Example Sentences.
1. "After supporting the same party for so long, Walt was an inveterate voter."
2. "April had an inveterate longing for a lavish wedding, having dreamed of it since she was a little
girl."
3. "He had an inveterate habit of going to the same restaurant every Friday after work."

Word Origin.
Latin, late 16th century

In Late Middle English, "inveterate" referred to long-standing or chronic disease, but that usage has dropped out and changed in the centuries since. It now describes an entrenched habit or interest — for example, an inveterate practice of two cups of coffee every morning while reading the paper.

Why did the coffee file a police report? It got mugged!