Not to be confused with «climb», a clime is a region known for its weather. In the dead of winter, we dream about heading to sunny climes, where we can hang out in shorts.
The key to remembering clime is that it’s so similar to «climate,» with which it shares the Greek root klima, «zone.» So a clime is a zone that has a characteristic climate. Folks in colder climes think nothing of the kind of snowfall that we down here in the south get all panicked about. But then again, when they come here to our warmer clime, they forget to put on sunscreen; people from one clime can learn a lot from a visit to a different clime.
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adjective
lak-uh-DAY-zih-kul
What It Means
Something or someone described as lackadaisical is lacking in life, spirit, or zest.
// His teachers did not approve of his lackadaisical approach to homework.
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lackadaisical in Context
«A song like the lackadaisical ‘Funny in Dreams’ could scan as too facile—who’d have thought that strange things happen in our dreams!—but she [folk singer, Nicole Rodriguez] deftly uses it as an opportunity for vivid introspection.» — Rachel Saywitz, Pitchfork, 10 Feb. 2023
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We’re too enthusiastic about the lexicon to be lackadaisical about words, but lackadaisical itself is rooted in the sort of sorrow that can put a damper on one’s passion for vocabulary expansion. When folks living from the late 17th to the late 19th century had one of those days when nothing goes right, they could cry «Lackaday!» to express their sorrow and disappointment as a shortened form of the expression «alack the day.» (Alack is an interjection used to express sorrow or regret.) By the mid-1700s, the adjective lackadaisical had been formed to describe these miserable ones and their doings and sayings. Around the same time, the word lackadaisy was introduced to the language as an interjection similar to lackaday; it was never as prevalent as lackaday, but it may have influenced the development of lackadaisical.
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In terms of vocabulary development, we were all little geniuses in childhood, learning hundreds of new words every year. By the time we entered first grade, most of us had active vocabularies of several thousand words.
Unfortunately, we weren’t geniuses for very long. By age 11 or 12, equipped with a sizable survival vocabulary, most of us lost some of our early enthusiasm for language, and the rate at which we picked up new words began to decline significantly. As adults, if we don’t make deliberate efforts to increase our vocabularies, we’re lucky to pick up even 50 or 60 new words a year.
The English language has so much to offer (between 500,000 and 1 million words, by most accounts) that it would be a shame to let our vocabulary-building talents go to waste. So here’s one way that we can regain some of our youthful brilliance: learn a new word each day.
Whether you’re a student preparing for the SAT, ACT, or GRE, or simply an unabashed logophile (or lover of words), starting each day with a fresh word can be intellectually nourishing—and more enjoyable than a bowl of All-Bran.
Here are three of our favorite daily word sites: all are free and available through e-mail subscriptions.
A.Word.A.Day (AWAD)
Founded in 1994, A.Word.A.Day at Wordsmith.org is the creation of Anu Garg, an India-born computer engineer who clearly enjoys sharing his pleasure in words. Simply designed, this popular site (nearly 400,000 subscribers from 170 countries) offers concise definitions and examples of words that relate to a different theme every week. The New York Times has called this «the most welcomed, most enduring piece of daily mass e-mail in cyberspace.» Recommended for all word lovers.
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Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day
Less expansive than the OED site, the daily word page hosted by this U.S. dictionary-maker offers an audio pronunciation guide along with basic definitions and etymologies. The Merriam-Webster Word of the Day is also available as a podcast, which you can listen to on your computer or MP3 player. Recommended for high school and college students as well as advanced ESL students.
Other Daily Word Sites
These sites should also be useful to high school and college students.
- Dictionary.com Word of the Day
- The Learning Network (The New York Times)
- The Quotations Page Word of the Day
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Today’s word: wealwil
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word weal
Princeton’s WordNet
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wale, welt, weal, wheal(noun)
a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary
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Weal(n.s.)
1. Happiness; prosperity; flourishing state.
Our weal on you depending,
Counts it your weal, that he have liberty.
William Shakespeare.As we love the weal of our souls and bodies, let us so behave ourselves as we may be at peace with God.
Francis Bacon.Thine, and of all thy sons,
The weal or woe in thee is plac’d; beware!
John Milton.Ireland ought to be considered, not only in its own interest, but likewise in relation to England, upon whose weal in the main, that of this kingdom depends.
William Temple.2. Republick; state; publick interest.
Blood hath been shed
Ere human statute purg’d the gen’ral weal.
William Shakespeare.How shall the muse, from such a monarch steal
An hour, and not defraud the publick weal.
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Weal(n.s.)
The mark of a stripe.
Like warts or weals it hangs upon her skin.
John Donne.
Origin: welan , Saxon; wealust, Dutch.
Wikipedia
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WEAL
WEAL («Big WEAL») is a gospel radio station in Greensboro, North Carolina targeting African Americans. It is at 1510 and broadcasts only during daylight hours allowing «clear channel» station WLAC in Nashville, Tennessee to cover the southern portion of the Atlantic coast. Owned by Stuart Epperson’s Truth Broadcasting Corporation, the station’s studios are near Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, and a transmitter site is downtown.
Webster Dictionary
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Weal(noun)
the mark of a stripe. See Wale
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Weal(verb)
to mark with stripes. See Wale
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Weal(adverb)
a sound, healthy, or prosperous state of a person or thing; prosperity; happiness; welfare
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Weal(adverb)
the body politic; the state; common wealth
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Weal(verb)
to promote the weal of; to cause to be prosperous
Origin: [OE. wele, AS. wela, weola, wealth, from wel well. See Well, adv., and cf. Wealth.]
Freebase
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WEAL
WEAL is a gospel radio station in Greensboro, North Carolina targeting African Americans. It is located at 1510 and broadcasts only during daylight hours allowing «clear channel» station WLAC in Nashville, Tennessee to cover the southern portion of the Atlantic coast.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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Weal
wēl, n. state of being well: a sound or prosperous state: welfare.—adj. Weal′-bal′anced (Shak.), explained by Schmidt as kept in a state of just proportion by reasons of state.—n. Weals′man (Shak.), a statesman.—The public, general, or common weal, the well-being, interest, and prosperity of the country. [A.S. wela, wealth, bliss; Ger. wohl.]
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Weal
wēl, n. a form of wale.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
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weal
A wicker basket used for catching eels.
Suggested Resources
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WEAL
What does WEAL stand for? — Explore the various meanings for the WEAL acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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WEAL
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Weal is ranked #83226 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Weal surname appeared 226 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Weal.
52.2% or 118 total occurrences were Black.
41.5% or 94 total occurrences were White.
3.5% or 8 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
How to pronounce weal?
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Numerology
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of weal in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
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Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of weal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of weal in a Sentence
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Clifford Villalon:
There is no prestige in writing if the purpose of writing is not for the weal of the people.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton:
Love is the vital essence that pervades and permeates, from the center to the circumference, the graduating circles of all thought and action. Love is the talisman of human weal and woe—the open sesame to every soul.
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Sanskrit Proverb:
He only does not live in vain Who all the means within his reach Employs?his wealth, his thought, his speech? T?advance the weal of other men.