English word of the day

Definition: (noun) An outer adjacent area of any place. Synonyms: environs. Usage: These skulking visitors would keep about the purlieus of the camp until daylight; when, on the first stir of life among the sleepers, they would scamper off until they reached some rising ground.

Definition: (adjective) Full of high-spirited delight. Synonyms: elated, joyful, jubilant. Usage: As he spoke his boyish face was wreathed in a gleeful smile, and his voice had an exultant ring.

Definition: (adjective) Of laws and regulations; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices. Synonyms: antimonopoly. Usage: Government antitrust laws prevented the technology company from merging with its only competitor.