The words used to characterize the Dodgers' starting rotation this postseason obscured what could be the most important ...

The word “tempestuous” is defined as being characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotion. It is an adjective, ...

The word “acrimonious” is an adjective that typically describes an angry or bitter speech or debate. It can also describe ...

The word “recondite” means something difficult or impossible for someone with ordinary knowledge to understand. It is an ...

One of my aggravating moments is when I read in a newspaper, or hear on a television newscast, the total misuse of the words “democracy” (noun), democratic (adjective), and Democrat (proper noun). How ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson, Allysia Finley and Dan Henninger. Photo: Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images/U.S. Air Force/Reuters/Tim Warner/Getty ...

It can be hard to describe that feeling of being overcome by the unbearable cuteness of a fluffy little cat or a chubby-cheeked baby. But there’s now an official word for it in English: gigil.

MSNBC's Jen Psaki is joined by former House Intelligence Committee Chairman and current Senate Judiciary Committee, California Democrat Adam Schiff, who is demanding answers from Trump aides involved ...

The names of all three of these folks have gotten the adjective treatment. | Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images (QEI), traveler1116/DigitalVision Vectors ...

An adjective of origin tells the source or origin of the noun it qualifies. While an adjective of shape paints the picture of the figure and that of colour tells whether it is black, white, blue or ...

Is your obligation to make it random? Or funny? By John Hodgman Erin writes: When playing Mad Libs, my husband, Andrew, chooses where to put the words I suggest, instead of filling out the blanks in ...