Word of the Day: Erumpent

Can you pronounce erumpent?

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Today's Word Brought to You By adjective 1. (Biology) Bursting forth or through a surface. Today's Word Brought to You By 10 Amazon Prime Benefits You Need To Be Using Are you taking advantage of your Amazon Prime perks? For many of us, the free shipping perk and access to exclusive shows and movies is enough reason to fork over the $14.99 per month to get Prime. But if those reasons haven't been enough to entice you to join Prime, maybe some of these lesser-known incentives will tempt you to sign up. Here are 10 of those perks. Read More "The rising temperatures triggered the flowers' erumpent activity." "The blossoms were erumpent on the trees." "Seemingly overnight, the fruit trees became erumpent." Latin, mid-17th century This adjective comes from the Latin "ērumpĕre," with "ē" meaning "out" and "rumpĕre" meaning "to burst forth." "Erumpent" is used almost exclusively in a biological sense to talk about plants and fungi bursting through the ground or through a surface. ... Continue Reading Do you remember these words? Thank you for supporting our advertisers.

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