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May 26, 2024

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facticity n
  1. (uncountable) The quality or state of being a fact.
  2. (uncountable, specifically, philosophy) In existentialism, the state of being in the world without any knowable reason for such existence, or of being in a particular state of affairs which one has no control over.
  3. (countable) A fact that is not changeable or that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.
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May 27, 2024

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gouge v
  1. (transitive) To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge.
  2. (transitive) To cheat or impose upon; in particular, to charge an unfairly or unreasonably high price.
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To dig or scoop (something) out with or as if with a gouge; in particular, to use a thumb to push or try to push the eye (of a person) out of its socket.
  4. (intransitive) To use a gouge.
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May 28, 2024

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pyroballogy n
  1. (weaponry, obsolete, rare) The study of artillery; the practice of using artillery as a weapon.
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May 29, 2024

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Mount Everest proper n
  1. A mountain in the Himalayas, on the border of Solukhumbu district, Koshi, Nepal and Tingri County, Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China; the world's highest mountain.

Mount Everest n

  1. (figurative) An endeavour that is very demanding yet rewarding; also, a thing which is the highest achievement, challenge, etc.; the epitome, the pinnacle, the ultimate.

The mountaineers Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, who were members of a British expedition, became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest—the highest mountain in the world—on this day in 1953.

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May 30, 2024
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May 31, 2024

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contain multitudes v
  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To have a complex and apparently paradoxical nature; to be inconsistent, especially in a way that is ultimately admirable or noble.

The American poet Walt Whitman, from whose work “Song of Myself” (1855) the term derives, was born on this day 205 years ago in 1819.

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June 1, 2024

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oxishly adv
  1. (rare) In a manner like that of an ox.
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June 2, 2024

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rubicon n
  1. A limit that when exceeded, or an action that when taken, cannot be reversed.
  2. (card games) Especially in bezique and piquet: a score which, if not achieved by a losing player, increases the player's penalty.

rubicon v

  1. (transitive, card games) Especially in bezique and piquet: to defeat a player who has not achieved the rubicon.

Today is Festa della Repubblica or Republic Day, Italy’s national day.

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June 3, 2024
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June 5, 2024

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rubbish n
  1. (chiefly Australia, New Zealand, British) Garbage, junk, refuse, trash, waste.
  2. (by extension, chiefly Australia, New Zealand, British) An item, or items, of low quality.
  3. (by extension, chiefly Australia, New Zealand, British) Nonsense.
  4. (archaic) Debris or ruins of buildings. […]

rubbish v

  1. (transitive, chiefly Australia, New Zealand, British, colloquial) To criticize, to denigrate, to denounce, to disparage.

Today is World Environment Day, which is recognized by the United Nations to promote worldwide awareness and action of the need to protect the environment.

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June 6, 2024

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polemology n
  1. The study of human conflict and war.

Today is the 75th anniversary of D-Day on 6 June 1944, the start of the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, during World War II that laid the foundations for the Allied victory on the Western Front.

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June 7, 2024

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victual n
  1. (archaic) Food fit for human (or occasionally animal) consumption.
  2. (archaic, chiefly in the plural) Food supplies; provisions.
  3. (specifically, obsolete)
    1. Edible plants.
    2. (Scotland) Grain of any kind.

victual v (archaic)

  1. (transitive, reflexive, chiefly military, nautical) To provide (military troops, a place, a ship, etc., or oneself) with a stock of victuals or food; to provision.
  2. (intransitive, chiefly military, nautical) To lay in or procure food supplies.
  3. (intransitive) To eat.

Today is World Food Safety Day, which is recognized by the United Nations to raise awareness about and promote global food safety.

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June 8, 2024

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eustasy n
  1. (geology, oceanography) A worldwide change in sea level, especially one caused by melting ice or tectonic activity.

Today is World Oceans Day, a day recognized by the United Nations to highlight the importance of conserving and protecting the world’s oceans. The Oceans Institute of Canada, supported by the Government of Canada, held an event called Oceans Day at the Global Forum, a parallel event at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on that day in 1992.

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June 9, 2024

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ennead n
  1. (obsolete) The number nine.
  2. (rare) Any grouping or system containing nine objects.
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June 10, 2024

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fillip n
  1. (archaic) The action of holding the tip of a finger against the thumb and then releasing it with a snap; a flick.
  2. A smart strike or tap made using this action, or (by extension) by other means.
  3. (by extension) Something unimportant, a trifle; also, the brief time it takes to flick one's finger (see noun sense 1); a jiffy.
  4. (by extension) Something that excites or stimulates.

Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and the husband of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, was born on this day in 1921.

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June 11, 2024

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esquamulose adj
  1. (botany, mycology) Not covered in scales or scale-like objects; having a smooth skin or outer covering.
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June 12, 2024
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June 13, 2024

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nitrox n
  1. (metallurgy) An industrial process for case hardening (imparting greater surface hardness to) metal objects, involving nitrocarburizing (the diffusion of carbon and nitrogen into the metal) followed by oxidation.
  2. (underwater diving) A mixture of nitrogen and oxygen, the nitrogen content being lower than what is normally present in air, which is used in place of air as a breathing gas.

British diving engineer Henry Fleuss, who invented the first commercially practical scuba rebreather, was born on this day in 1851.

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June 14, 2024

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bloviation n
  1. (US, possibly originally Ohio, informal) A boastful or pompous manner of speaking or writing; a lengthy discourse delivered in that manner.
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June 15, 2024

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Magna Carta proper n
  1. (law, historical) A charter granted by King John to the barons at Runnymede in 1215, which is one of the bases of English constitutional tradition; a physical copy of this charter, or a later version.

Magna Carta n

  1. (figuratively) A landmark document that sets out rights or important principles.

King John of England granted the Great Charter on this day in 1215.

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