Wiktionary:Word of the day/2026/March 30 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

#Wiktionary #WOTD for 30 March 2026 (National Doctors’ Day in the U.S.A.): “lobotomy”—“(surgery, chiefly historical) a surgical operation involving cutting into a lobe of a body organ, [...]” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A black-and-white photograph of a man’s eyes and eyebrows. By Niki K (CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eyes.jpg).

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 30 March 2026: “rcutze̱ rihaan” (Copala Triqui)—“glabella (the space between the eyebrows)”. From “rcutze̱” (“cross”) +‎ “rihaan” (“face”). en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

An ancient Roman statue depicting a person wearing a tunic secured with two girdles. Sculptor unknown, photographed by A. M. Felicisimo, from the collection of the National Archaeological Museum in Madrid, Spain (CC-BY 2.0 Generic; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:34432_Ascanio_(50003827153).jpg).

#Wiktionary #WOTD for 29 March 2026: “succinct”—“(archaic) encircled by, or as if by, a girdle; drawn up or wrapped tightly; (figurative) [...] of an action, etc.: lasting a short time; brief, curt; of speech or writing: brief and to the point; concise” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

The German sports and events manager Michael Mronz and the German politician Guido Westerwelle waving. By Tafkas (CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guido_Westerwelle_%26_Michael_Mronz-crop.jpg).

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 29 March 2026: “servus”—“(chiefly Southern Germany, Austria, informal) hello, hi; (chiefly Southern Germany, Austria, informal) goodbye, bye, farewell; (as a toast) cheers” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

“Portrait of a Woman Reading in Bed” (19th or 20th century). By Nicoline Tuxen (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nicoline_Tuxen_-_Portrait_of_a_woman_reading_in_bed.jpg).

A 1932 black-and-white photograph of the American writer Christopher Morley. Photographer unknown, from the collection of the Library of Congress, U.S.A. (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christopher_Darlington_Morley_cph.3b14371.jpg).

#Wiktionary #WOTD for 28 March 2026: “librocubicularist”—“(humorous, rare) a person who reads in bed”. The American writer #ChristopherMorley, who coined the word, died on this day in 1957. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A cicada (Lyristes plebejus). By Jodelet (CC-BY-SA 2.0 France; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lyristes_plebejus3.jpg).

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 28 March 2026: “τέττιξ” (téttix; Ancient Greek)—“cicada (Lyristes plebejus or allied species); a gold ornament worn in the hair, especially in early Attica” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

“A Woman as the Magdalen [Mary Magdalene] Writing at a Table in an Interior” (16th century). By the workshop of the Master of the Female Half-lengths (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_woman_as_the_Magdalen_writing_at_a_table_in_an_interior.jpg).

#Wiktionary #WOTD for 27 March 2026: “sedate”—“of a person or animal, or their behaviour: calm and composed (often in a dignified manner), and avoiding or unaffected by activity or excitement; (by extension) of an object, [...]: not overly ornate or showy; [...]” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A newspaper vendor in Kebumen, Central Java, Indonesia. By DARMAS BS 9 (CC-BY-SA 4.0 International; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pedagang_koran_surat_kabar.jpg).

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 27 March 2026: “sabari” (Pagu)—“news; (by extension) state, status, condition” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A son, mother, and grandmother from Brazil smiling and pressing their cheeks against each other. By Carl Purcell (CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:All_in_the_family.jpg).

#Wiktionary #WOTD for 26 March 2026: “cheek by jowl”—“(adverb) in very close physical proximity; crowded together; side by side; (figurative) in very close or intimate association; (adjective) in very close physical proximity; crowded together; tightly packed” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

The moon behind a sycamore tree in England, United Kingdom. By Conall (CC-BY 2.0 Generic; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sycamore_eclipse_(54075924841).jpg).

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 26 March 2026: “overschadwen” (Middle English)—“to overshadow (obscure with a shadow); to descend upon with divine protective power; to hide, conceal, or block” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

Plato (painted to look like Leonardo da Vinci) and Aristotle, a detail from “The School of Athens” (1509), a fresco in the Stanza della Segnatura, Apostolic Palace, Vatican City. Both of the philosophers developed teleological arguments addressing the universe’s apparent order (logos). By Raphael (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sanzio_01_Plato_Aristotle.jpg).

#Wiktionary #WOTD for 25 March 2026: “teleology”—“(uncountable, philosophy) the study of the design or final purpose of natural occurrences, that is, of such occurrences being the result of intention instead of prior causes; [...]” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A view of the Sacred Valley of the Incas from the top of the Pisac Ruins in the Andes of Peru. By Flashpacker Travelguide (CC-BY-SA 2.0 Generic; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pisac_-_Heiliges_Tal.jpg).

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 25 March 2026: “qichwa” (Quechua)—“temperate area, sierra valley, valley; Andean altitude between 2,300 m and 3,500 m; Quechua people or language; (weaving) a valley motif” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A schoolboy in a library in the European Collegium Private School, Kyiv, Ukraine. By IrinaOparina (CC-BY-SA 4.0 International; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%84%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3%D1%96%D1%83%D0%BC_-_%D0%A3%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D1%96%D0%B7_%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%8E_%D0%B2_%D0%B1%D1%96%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%96_-_185A8385.jpg).

#Wiktionary #WOTD for 24 March 2026: “truthseeker”—“one who goes in quest of the truth” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A version of tantuni served in a restaurant in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. By Fay Freak (CC-BY-SA 4.0 International; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tantuni_Rindfleisch_Teller.jpg).

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 24 March 2026: “tantuni” (Turkish)—“tantuni (type of street food originating from Mersin consisting of stir-fried chopped beef or lamb, etc., in bread)” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A sky filled with cirrus clouds. By PiccoloNamek (CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CirrusField-color.jpg).

#Wiktionary #WOTD for 23 March 2026: “cirrus”—”(meteorology, often attributive) a principal high-level type of cloud, typically composed of thin, delicate, white filaments or wisps, or narrow bands; [...]” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A black-and-white photograph of a young child standing on a bed with a female nurse next to them, taken on 27 March 1950 at the inauguration of the Barnsjukhuset Samariten (Samaritan Children’s Hospital) in Stockholm, Sweden. By Herman Ronninger (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barnsjukhuset_Samariten.JPG).

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 23 March 2026: “barnsjukdom” (Swedish)—“a childhood disease; a disease that is common among (or only affects) children; (idiomatic) teething troubles; problems that are to be expected with any new and untried product, system, or venture” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A wall painting from the tomb of Ipuy, a sculptor active during the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt (1292–1189 B.C.E.) in Deir el-Medina, across the Nile from Thebes (modern-day Luxor), Egypt, depicting a gardener using a shadoof. Artist unknown, photographed by Norman de Garis Davies (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ipuy_shaduf.jpg).

#Wiktionary #WOTD for 22 March 2026: “shadoof”—“a device used since ancient times in the Middle East to raise water from a well or other low point, consisting of a pivoted rod with a bucket on one end and a counterweight on the other” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

An open wooden door at Shōfuku-ji (正福寺; literally Temple of the Correct Fortune), a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple in Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan. Its early-15th-century Jizō hall is a registered National Treasure of Japan, and is considered to be the oldest intact building in Tokyo Prefecture and a unique example of Kamakura period architecture. By Bryan McKinnon (CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shofukuji-Exterior-North-DoorOpen.jpg).

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 22 March 2026: “出づ” (idu; Old Japanese)—“(intransitive) to come out, go out; (intransitive) to leave, depart; (intransitive) to show up; (intransitive) to become apparent; (transitive) to produce, pull out, to make apparent; [...]” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A metal wastepaper basket with a number of scrunched-up wads of paper both inside and outside the basket. By RyGuy (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ryanssandbox.svg).

#Wiktionary #WOTD for 21 March 2026: “wagger-pagger-bagger”—“(originally Oxford University slang, now British slang, humorous, dated) a wastepaper basket” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

Sulby Bridge, Ramsey, Isle of Man, photograhped between 1890 and 1900. Photographer unknown, from the collection of the Library of Congress, U.S.A. (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ramsey,_Sulby_Bridge,_Isle_of_Man-LCCN2002697056.jpg).

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 21 March 2026: “jiulean” (Manx)—“a small tenant farmer, sojourner” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

United States President Barack Obama and First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Raúl Castro shaking hands at their joint press conference in Havana, Cuba, on March 21, 2016, which marked the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries. (The agreement was cancelled by U.S. President Donald Trump in 2017.) By Chuck Kennedy, Executive Office of the President of the United States (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Press_conference,_Havana.jpg).

#Wiktionary #WOTD for 20 March 2026: “détente”—“(chiefly politics, uncountable) relaxing of tension, especially between countries; (countable) an instance of this” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

Two Kazakh men in batyr costumes stylized as warriors’ clothes during Nowruz, the Persian new year, which marks the beginning of spring. By Игорь Улитин (CC-BY-SA 4.0 International; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B6%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%B2_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8E%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%85_%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg).

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 20 March 2026: “бесқонақ” (besqonaq; Kazakh)—“cold snap that occurs at the end of March – the first half of April after a period of dry, warm weather” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

Two baby giant pandas, one lying on its back on the ground and the other on top of it, in Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. By Pelican (CC-BY-SA 2.0 Generic; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adventure_World,_Shirahama,_Japan_(476931209).jpg).

#Wiktionary #WOTD for 19 March 2026: “pandamonium”—“(humorous) furore caused by or involving pandas (that is, giant pandas)” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

Lake Modro in Desne, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia. By MaGa (CC-BY 3.0 Unported; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Modro_oko.jpg).

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 19 March 2026: “jȅzero / је̏зеро” (Serbo-Croatian)—“lake; (archaic, rare) spring of water; (metonymic, archaic, rare) abyss, depth; (Burgenland Croatian, archaic) thousand; a great number” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A man on the peak of Toubkal in the Atlas Mountains, Morocco. By Buckerfing (CC-BY-SA 4.0 International; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:At_the_peak_of_Toubkal_4,167_m.jpg).

#Wiktionary #WOTD for 18 March 2026: “attain”—“(transitive) to come to or reach (a place) by motion or progression; (figurative) [...] to gain (a desired result or other objective) through effort; to accomplish, to achieve; [...]” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A stand-up bar in Japan. By Eiji Ienaga (CC-BY 2.0 Generic; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E7%AB%8B%E3%81%A1%E9%A3%B2%E3%81%BF_-_Flickr_-_haru012.jpg).

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 18 March 2026: “선술집” (seonsuljip; Korean)—“(dated) a stand-up bar, a pub with no seats, a roadside alcohol stall; (fantasy) tavern” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

Wiktionary:Word of the day/2026/March 17 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

#Wiktionary #WOTD for 17 March 2026: “lurgy”—“(humorous, slang, chiefly [...] Ireland, UK) a non-specific (often infectious) disease, especially one with symptoms similar to those of a cold or flu, which renders one unfit to attend social events, go to work, etc.” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A bee on an Asteraceae flower in Russia. By I13Robin (CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2017-09-24-bee-on-flower-nature.jpg).

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 17 March 2026: “зилькнитны” (źiľkńitny; Komi-Zyrian)—“(intransitive) to buzz; (intransitive) to shatter with a clatter” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A tarot card with the wheel of fortune from an 1860–1890 deck of cards used to play minchiate, an archaic card game from Florence, Italy. Artist unknown (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Minchiate_card_deck_-_Florence_-_1860-1890_-_Trumps_-_09_-_La_Ruota_della_Fortuna.jpg).

#Wiktionary #WOTD for 16 March 2026: “bode”—(transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); to portend; [...]; specifically, to predict (something undesirable); to forebode [...]” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A traditional 19th-century Native American beaded moccasin offered to the Count de Noailles. Photographed by Rama, from the collection of the Musée de l’Armée, Paris, France (CC-BY-SA 2.0 France; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mocassin_offered_to_Count_de_Noailles-IMG_0745-black.jpg).

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 16 March 2026: “ⱡan̓ ” (Ktunaxa)—“moccasin, shoe” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...