Word O’ Day

Hello.

As someone who has only recently turned the corner to middle-age, I thought it a good time to demonstrate my newfound maturity with a somewhat self-deprecating observation:

Here at Word O’ Day, we tend to favor lengthier words, and while I won’t go into the many possible reasons for this oversight, it is important to realize that the assumption that only long, complicated words are worthy of exploitation is simply baseless. It is with this realization, along with a timely suggestion from my father, that I bring you today’s elegantly compact WOD: Sapid.

Sapid, a word composed of a mere five letters, is an adjective that means having a strong, flavorful, even mouth-watering taste. While it is largely used to refer to food and drink, it can also describe speech or writing that is enjoyable, interesting, and pleasant to the mind. One example is this delightful site. It is pronounced sap-id, and has a Latin root.

Fool me Once, Shame on Usage: Ronald was no buffoon, and while he knew that Henrietta’s extravagant cooking was intended to further distract him from her despicable behavior, his mounting resolve was no match for the sapid fixings she presented to him, and so her efforts again delayed what Ronald now viewed as an inevitable confrontation.

It just never stops with these two!

Love to most,

-Eric