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Love rare and fascinating words? WordDaily.com is your daily gateway to linguistic treasures, offering an intriguing new word complete with its definition, detailed explanation, and practical examples every day. Their inspiring motto says it all: "Expand your vocabulary with a new word in your inbox every day!" For this printable word search, we've handpicked 28 gems from WordDaily's September 2024 collection. This daily linguistic offering ranges from rare terms like "clinquant" and "sternutation" to specialized vocabulary such as "vexillology" and "cruciverbalist," making vocabulary building both systematic and engaging. We have selected these 28 fascinating words and their definitions to create our own challenging word search puzzle, combining vocabulary enrichment with an entertaining linguistic exercise.

Discover the meaning behind each term hidden in this WordDaily printable word search puzzle:

ACUTANCE: The sharpness of a photographic or printed image.

BIENNIAL: A plant that takes two years to grow from seed to fruition and die. Compare with "annual," "perennial."

CLINQUANT: Imitation gold leaf.

CRUCIVERBALIST: A person who constructs or solves crosswords.

DECUSSATE: (Of two or more things) Cross or intersect each other to form an "X."

DITHYRAMB: A passionate or inflated speech, poem, or other writing.

ENCHIRIDION: A book containing essential information on a subject.

ENVOI: An author's concluding words.

EXONYM: A name for a place or group of people that is only used outside that place or group.

FIRSTLING: (Usually "firstlings") The first agricultural produce or animal offspring of a season.

GRAMINIVOROUS: (Of an animal) Feeding on grass.

HEARKEN: Pay attention; listen.

LEMMA: A heading indicating the subject or argument of a literary composition, an annotation, or a dictionary entry.

LORICATE: (Of an animal) Having a protective covering of plates or scales.

NOETIC: Relating to mental activity or the intellect.

PASEO: A plaza or walkway for strolling.

PHILTER: A drink supposed to arouse love and desire for a particular person in the drinker; a love potion.

PONTIFICATE: Express one's opinions in a way considered annoyingly pompous and dogmatic.

QUONDAM: That once was; former.

SCIOLIST: A person who pretends to be knowledgeable and well informed.

SMORZANDO: (Of music) Dying away.

SOUPÇON: A very small quantity of something.

STERNUTATION: The action of sneezing.

TASTEVIN: A small, shallow silver cup for tasting wines, of a type used in France.

TRIALOGUE: A dialogue between three people.

TRUISM: A statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting.

VEXILLOLOGY: The study of flags.

VIRIDESCENT: Greenish or becoming green.

Challenge yourself with this 20x20 word search printable puzzle about WordDaily words featuring 28 hidden words. Words may run horizontally, vertically, diagonally, and even backwards. Download this engaging brain teaser and give it a try!