DAY 294 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids: Obsolete words are no longer in general use and may have fallen out of favor for nearly a century or more, but who says obsolete and rarely used words can’t be revived by kids who love words? Today’s word is NIM, a noun meaning thief. The noun nim is derived from [...]

DAY 293 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids: Obsolete words are no longer in general use and may have fallen out of favor for nearly a century or more, but who says obsolete and rarely used words can’t be revived by kids who love words? Today’s word is NARES (nea-riz), a plural noun meaning nostrils. The word nares is [...]

DAY 292 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids: Obsolete words are no longer in general use and may have fallen out of favor for nearly a century or more, but who says obsolete and rarely used words can’t be revived by kids who love words? Today’s word is DARBIES, a plural noun meaning handcuffs. The word darbies comes from [...]

DAY 291 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids: Obsolete words are no longer in general use and may have fallen out of favor for nearly a century or more, but who says obsolete and rarely used words can’t be revived by kids who love words? Today’s word is PLENILUNE, a noun meaning full moon or time of the full [...]

DAY 290 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids: Obsolete words are no longer in general use and may have fallen out of favor for nearly a century or more, but who says obsolete and rarely used words can’t be revived by kids who love words? Today’s word is BRABBLE, a verb meaning to quarrel, squabble or brawl obstinately and/or [...]

DAY 289 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids: Obsolete words are no longer in general use and may have fallen out of favor for nearly a century or more, but who says obsolete and rarely used words can’t be revived by kids who love words? Today’s word is AXILLA, a noun meaning armpit. Why use an ordinary word like [...]

DAY 288 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids: Obsolete words are no longer in general use and may have fallen out of favor for nearly a century or more, but who says obsolete and rarely used words can’t be revived by kids who love words? Today’s word is OLID (o-lid), meaning having a strong, rank, disagreeably foul smell.  Kids [...]

DAY 287 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids: Obsolete words are no longer in general use and may have fallen out of favor for nearly a century or more, but who says obsolete and rarely used words can’t be revived by kids who love words? Today’s word is LARGILOQUENT (larj-il-o-quent) , derived from the Latin largus + loqui, meaning [...]

DAY 286 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids: Obsolete words are no longer in general use and may have fallen out of favor for nearly a century or more, but who says obsolete and rarely used words can’t be revived by kids who love words? Today’s word is YAFF or YAFFLE, a verb meaning to bark or yelp like [...]

DAY 285 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids: Obsolete words are no longer in general use and may have fallen out of favor for nearly a century or more, but who says obsolete and rarely used words can’t be revived by kids who love words? Today’s word is HEBETUDINOUS, derived from the word hebetude , a noun meaning the [...]