Oy vey! Wednesday already! Good think we’ve prepared with Wacky Word Wednesday, a weekly celebration of the wackiest and most interesting words from around the world.

From TermWiki.com, the definition of today’s word:

ver·klempt [fer-klempt] -adjective emotional; choked up or overcome with emotions

Verklempt is a Yiddish word, sometimes written as ferklempt. Developed in the 10^th century from a dialect of High German, Yiddish was the principal language of Ashkenazi Jews. Overtime, the language divided into Western Yiddish and Eastern Yiddish, distinguished by regional and phonetic differences.

It’s October! The air is becoming crisp, the leaves are changing colors, boots and sweaters are being pulled out from storage… and flu season is  right around the corner. Cover your mouth and keep your hands clean for today’s Wacky Word Wednesday, a weekly celebration of the wackiest and most interesting words from around the world!

Today’s definition from TermWiki.com:

ae·gro·tat [ee-groh-tat] -noun unclassified degree given to a student who has fulfilled all graduation requirements, but due to illness, was kept from attending the final examinations

Identified as a British English word in the dictionaries, aegrotat is the only surviving English word derived from the Latin verb aegrotare, which means “to fall ill.” It was first used around the 1860s. The Latin equivalent, aegrotat, is the third person singular of aegrotatare, so it is literally translated into English as “(s)he is sick.”

Put your game face on for today’s Wacky Word Wednesday, a weekly celebration of the wackiest and most interesting words from around the world!

Today’s definition from TermWiki.com:

lon·ga·nim·i·ty [long-guh-nim-i-tee] -noun patient endurance of hardships, injuries, or offense; calmness in the face of adversary

Longanimity originated in the early to mid-1400s, derived from the Late Latin longanimis, which means patient. The Latin longus, means long, and animus, means soul.

With roots in Catholicism, longanimity serves as one of the twelve fruits of the Holy Spirit. According to Catholic belief, these “fruits” are virtues that can only be performed by an individual with the help of the Holy Spirit. Along with longanimity, the other virtues include: charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, mildness, faith, modesty, continence, and chastity.