Word of the Day
ejecta
noun
matter ejected, as from a volcano in eruption.
More about ejecta
Ejecta is a form of Latin ējectus, “thrown out.” Ējectus is ultimately derived from the verb jacere “to throw,” which is the source of numerous English words containing the element ject-, including adjective (literally “thrown toward”), rejection (“thrown back”), subject (“thrown under”), and the Word of the Day disjecta membra. Ejecta was first recorded in English in the late 1880s.
EXAMPLE OF EJECTA USED IN A SENTENCE
The ejecta from the volcano included minerals from deep inside the Earth.
skijoring
noun
a sport in which a skier is pulled over snow or ice, by a horse, dog, or a motor vehicle.
More about skijoring
Skijoring is a slight alteration of Norwegian skikjøring, which is composed of ski, “ski,” and kjøring, “driving.” Norwegian ski comes from Old Norse skīth, “stick, snowshoe.” Kjøring is from Old Norse keyra, “to whip” and by extension “to drive,” after the use of whips to incite vehicle-pulling animals. Skijoring was first recorded in English circa 1910.
EXAMPLE OF SKIJORING USED IN A SENTENCE
The day after the blizzard, the ski lodge guests headed outside for sledding, snowshoeing, and skijoring in the deep snow.
romaji
noun
a system of writing Japanese using the letters of the Latin alphabet.
More about romaji
Romaji is a borrowing of Japanese rōma, “Rome, Roman,” combined with ji, “character.” Japanese ji can also be found in emoji, kanji, and the Word of the Day kaomoji, and is related to Mandarin zì, “character, word.” Romaji was first recorded in English in the late 1880s.
EXAMPLE OF ROMAJI USED IN A SENTENCE
Once the Japanese text was rendered in romaji, gamers throughout Europe and the Americas were able to pronounce the game characters’ names.