Daily Content Archive

(as of Thursday, July 14, 2022)
Word of the Day

sufferance

Definition:(noun) A disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations.
Synonyms:toleration, acceptance
Usage: Everyone admired her sufferance in the face of a number of unfortunate events.
Daily Grammar Lesson

Noun Adjuncts

Noun adjuncts are nouns that are used to modify other nouns. What is the resulting phrase called? More...
Article of the Day

Glassblowing

Glassblowing is the art of shaping molten glass into a vessel by blowing air into it through a tube. Its processes have remained essentially the same since ancient times. Glass materials are fused at high temperatures, boiled down, skimmed, cooled several hundred degrees, and then blown. The manufacture of simple glass objects, like light bulbs, is now done by machines, but ornamental objects are still made using traditional methods. One key glassblowing tool is a "punty." What is it used for? More...
This Day in History

First Ascent of the Matterhorn (1865)

English illustrator Edward Whymper developed an interest in mountaineering after being sent to sketch the mountain scenery of Switzerland in 1860. In 1865, after several failed attempts, he and his expedition party became the first to climb the Matterhorn—one of the last Alpine mountains to be ascended. Tragically, during the descent, four of his companions were killed in a fall. Whymper describes his experiences in Scrambles Amongst the Alps. What did he write about the accident? More...
Today's Birthday

Mordecai Manuel Noah (1785)

An American journalist, playwright, and diplomat, Noah was the first Jew born in the United States to reach national prominence. After finding success as a diplomat, Noah held several public offices in New York City, edited and founded many newspapers, including the New York Enquirer and The Evening Star, and wrote plays such as She Would Be a Soldier. In the 1820s, he unsuccessfully attempted to buy Grand Island in the Niagara River to use for what purpose? More...
Quotation of the Day
In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Idiom of the Day

hard done-by

Mistreated or abused; cheated; dejected. Often preceded by "feel." More...
Today's Holiday

Avignon Festival (2023)

The month-long Festival d'Avignon was founded in 1947 by Jean Vilar, a well-known French actor and director who selected bold and innovative productions. Throughout its evolution, the Avignon Festival has not strayed from the fresh experimentation that was Vilar's hallmark, thus continuing to attract new audiences after more than 50 years of existence. The festival presents a different program each year, with about 40 performances given in 20 venues including the Popes' Palace (Palais des Papes), cloisters, and churches, and approximately 120,000 people in attendance. More...
Word Trivia

Today's topic: lake

demersal - Describing a fish that lives close to the floor of the sea or a lake. More...

eyot, ait - A small island in a river or lake is an eyot or ait. More...

benthos - The flora and fauna at the bottom of a sea or lake. More...

lagoon - Derived from Latin lacuna, "pool, lake" or "hole, gap." More...

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