English word of the day

Definition: (adjective) Rigidly formal. Synonyms: buckram, stiff. Usage: Though I often poke fun at the butler's starchy manner, I secretly love the formality and sophistication he brings to my everyday life.

Definition: (noun) A pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground. Synonyms: friar's lantern, ignis fatuus, jack-o'-lantern. Usage: The white face of a dying man seemed suddenly to have floated up out of the darkness, to have come to him like a will-o'-the-wisp from the swamp.

Definition: (noun) An ardent follower and admirer. Synonyms: buff, lover, fan. Usage: He became a devotee of the moving-picture shows, spending as much as twenty and thirty cents a day and resolutely sitting out every repetition of program.