Word of the Day
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.
nonpartisan
adjective
not supporting or controlled by a political party, special interest group, or the like.
More about nonpartisan
Nonpartisan is formed from the negative prefix non- and the adjective partisan, which comes from Latin pars, meaning “piece, portion, faction.” Pars is also the source of parcel and particle (both literally “little piece”), and compartment (“shared with”). For the origin of the -isan element, check out the Word of the Day bipartisan. Nonpartisan was first recorded in English in the early 1880s.
EXAMPLE OF NONPARTISAN USED IN A SENTENCE
Members of all parties banded together to release an independent, nonpartisan statement about the future of the economy.