A tarot card with the wheel of fortune from an 1860–1890 deck of cards used to play minchiate, an archaic card game from Florence, Italy. Artist unknown (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Minchiate_card_deck_-_Florence_-_1860-1890_-_Trumps_-_09_-_La_Ruota_della_Fortuna.jpg).

#Wiktionary #WOTD for 16 March 2026: “bode”—(transitive) of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); to portend; [...]; specifically, to predict (something undesirable); to forebode [...]” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A traditional 19th-century Native American beaded moccasin offered to the Count de Noailles. Photographed by Rama, from the collection of the Musée de l’Armée, Paris, France (CC-BY-SA 2.0 France; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mocassin_offered_to_Count_de_Noailles-IMG_0745-black.jpg).

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 16 March 2026: “ⱡan̓ ” (Ktunaxa)—“moccasin, shoe” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

The concierge of a hotel in Rome, Italy. He is wearing a white shirt and a dark tie, and is holding a hotel room key in his left hand and a telephone receiver in his right. By Jorge Royan (CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_hotel_concierge_handing_room_keys,_Rome_-_3566.jpg).

#Wiktionary #WOTD for 15 March 2026: “concierge”—“an employee of a hotel who attends to the requirements and wishes of guests; (by extension, chiefly attributive) one who offers a bespoke level of service in any of various industries; [...]” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A row of three fuel pumps in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. By Im Fokus (CC-BY-SA 4.0 International; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wuppertal,_Industriestr._21,_hist._Firmentankstelle,_Zapfs%C3%A4ulen,_Bild_1.jpg).

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 15 March 2026: “Krafttank” (German)—“(uncommon) fuel tank; (figurative) cognitive power; (figurative, uncommon) a high-energy person” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A 1768 painted portrait of Immanuel Kant. By Johann Gottlieb Becker, from the collection of the Schiller-Nationalmuseum in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Immanuel_Kant_-_Gemaelde_2.jpg).

#Wiktionary #WOTD for 14 March 2026: “transcendental”—“(philosophy) in the philosophy of Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) or similar philosophies: concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge, independent of experience; (by extension) conceptual; [...]” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A 1969 black-and-white photograph of a woman checking the contents of a wardrobe in the Kibbutz Afikim, Israel. By David Halperin (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:125624_kibbutz_afikim_PikiWiki_Israel.jpg).

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 14 March 2026: “אָרוֹן” (arón; Hebrew)—“a cupboard, closet, cabinet, or similar piece of furniture; (slang, in definite forms) the metaphorical closet in which persons who are secretly LGBT are imagined to reside (as in English); [...]” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A man lying on a sofa having forty winks. By Красный (CC-BY-SA 4.0 International; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8-%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_2020_(%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE)_-_25.jpg).

#Wiktionary #WOTD for 13 March 2026 (World Sleep Day): “forty winks”—“(idiomatic, informal) a short sleep, especially when taken during the day; a nap” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A view of the Tigris river flowing through Iraq, viewed at sunset. By Muna Kalil (CC-BY-SA 4.0 International; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fiel1.jpg).

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 13 March 2026: “دَجْلَہ” (dajlā; Urdu)—“the Tigris; (figurative, poetic) any river” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

“Muse and Artist”, a 1963–1964 sculpture of two figures, one of a male artist holding a picture frame, and the other of his female muse beside him, protruding from the wall of the Doncaster Art Gallery and Museum in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. By Fabio Barraclough, photographed by Dave Ball for the Public Art Research Archive, Sheffield Hallam University in Sheffield, South Yorkshire (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fabio_barraclough_sculpture.jpg).

#Wiktionary #WOTD for 12 March 2026: “protrude”—“(intransitive) to extend above, beyond, or from a boundary or surface; to bulge outward, to project, to stick out; [...]” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A country garden in Beddgelert, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom. By David Medcalf (CC-BY-SA 2.0 Generic; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_lovely_country_garden_by_the_A498_-_geograph.org.uk_-_7747360.jpg).

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 12 March 2026: “milltir sgwâr” (Welsh)—“a square mile; (idiomatic) one’s patch (local region), home, or locality” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

Young women cheering for Barack Obama, the President of the United States, and his wife Michelle Obama during their visit to Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, on 23 May 2011. Barack Obama is of Irish descent through his mother. By Pete Souza, Executive Office of the President of the United States (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Women_cheer_Barack_Obama_in_Dublin,_Ireland.jpg).

#Wiktionary #WOTD for 11 March 2026: “hubbub”—“(countable) a confused sound of a crowd of people shouting or speaking simultaneously; an uproar; (by extension, uncountable) noisy confusion; commotion, uproar; (countable) an instance of this; an ado, a commotion” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

The first page of “The Knight’s Tale” from the early-15th-century Ellesmere manuscript of Geoffrey Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales”. The Knight is described has having conducted raids in Lettow(e) or Lithuania, probably as part of a crusade. Artist unknown, from the collection of the Huntington Library, San Marino, California, U.S.A. (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chaucer_knight.jpg).

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 11 March 2026: “Lettowe” (Middle English)—“Lithuania (a country in northeastern Europe)”. Today is #LithuaniaIndependenceRestorationDay; #Lithuania is first recorded in English as “Lettow(e)” in the #CanterburyTales by #GeoffreyChaucer. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

Europe in the Looking-Glass. Reflections of a Motor Drive from Grimsby to Athens [1926] : Robert Byron : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Digitised by Google Books from the collection of the University of Iowa, see Source below. If necessary, click on Show More, below.  A journey by three...

Found while editing #Wiktionary: “Leaning forward to warm my hands over the logs, I experienced a new pride of race: the pride of being, as well as English, European.” #RobertByron, “Europe in the Looking-glass” (1926) archive.org/details/euro... @archive.org

A black rotary-dial telephone. By Holger Ellgaard (CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dialog_gr_1972.jpg).

#Wiktionary #WOTD for 10 March 2026: “(transitive) to convey (information, a message, news, etc.) using a telephone (noun sense 1); to (attempt to) contact (someone) using a telephone; [...] (intransitive) [...] to make a telephone call” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

El Abdi, a secondhand book seller in Rabat, Morocco. By Zackariaouad (CC-BY-SA 4.0 International; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ElAbdi,_one_of_the_oldest_sellers_of_used_books_in_the_capital_of_Morocco,_Rabat.jpg).

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 10 March 2026: “imɣur” (Taselhit)—“to be big, great; to grow; to be old” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A diagram demonstrating the circular flow concept in macroeconomics. It shows households providing labor/payments to businesses and taxes/labor to the government, businesses providing income/goods and services to households and taxes/goods and services to the government, and the government providing services/income to households and services/payments to businesses. By the United States Government (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Economics_circular_flow_cartoon.jpg).

#Wiktionary #WOTD for 9 March 2026: “economics”—“the study of resource and wealth allocation, consumption, and distribution, of capital and investment, and of management of the factors of production; [...] the financial aspects of an activity, enterprise, etc.” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

Women bathing in holy spring water as a purification ritual at the Tirta Empul temple, a Hindu temple near the town of Tampaksiring in Bali, Indonesia. By Enrico Strocchi (CC-BY-SA 2.0 Generic; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Purification_Ritual_(49368448451).jpg).

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 9 March 2026: “𐌐𐌓𐌖𐌐𐌄𐌇𐌀𐌔𐌕” (prupehast; Umbrian)—“(third-person singular future perfect) to purify in advance” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

The third and last page of the will of the English playwright William Shakespeare, signed on 25 March 1616 (Julian calendar). The will appointed Shakespeare’s eldest daughter Susanna as executrix, and her husband Dr. John Hall as executor. Written by an unknown scribe, from the collection of the National Archives, United Kingdom (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shakespeare-Testament.jpg).

#Wiktionary #WOTD for 8 March 2026: “executrix”—“(archaic, rare) a female person who executes or carries out something; (specifically, law) a female person appointed to execute the wishes of a deceased person as stated in their will; a female executor” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A drawing depicting Yama, the Lord of Death, holding the Wheel of Life which represents Samsara, or the world. By an unknown artist from Tashi Lhunpo from a version at Samye Monastery in Tibet; the work is in the Wellcome Collection, London, England, United Kingdom (CC-BY-SA 4.0 International; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yama,_the_Lord_of_Death,_holding_the_Wheel_of_Life_Wellcome_L0015314.jpg).

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 8 March 2026: “བཀོད་པ” (bkod pa; Tibetan)—“arrangement, array; instruction, direction, order; design, plan; (Christianity) the book of Genesis” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A drawing of a man with his legs in a public stocks. By Pearson Scott Foresman (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stocks_(PSF).png).

#Wiktionary #WOTD for 7 March 2026: “ignominiously”—“in a manner which is ignominious (‘especially of a person: deserving of disgrace or dishonour; contemptible, despicable; (generally) causing or marked by disgrace or dishonour; disgraceful, dishonourable; [...]” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A man loading agricultural goods (potatoes?) with a spade on to a horse cart in Shvedchyna, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine. A woman wearing a headscarf stands next to him. By sedljar (CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shvedchina,_Ukraine_%D0%A8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_-_panoramio_(8).jpg).

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 7 March 2026: “збира́ти” (zbyráty; Ukrainian)—“to gather, to collect; to harvest, to gather in (:crops); to assemble; to convoke, to convene; to equip, to prepare (for a journey)” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

“Ave, Caesar, morituri te salutant” (“Hail, Caesar, those who are about to die salute you”, 1877). The oil painting depicts a patient Great Dane wearing a studded collar with links of sausages draped over its muzzle. It appears that the dog’s owner (not shown) is training it not to eat the sausages until given a command to do so. By Wilhelm Trübner (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wilhelm_Tr%C3%BCbner_-_Ave,_Caesar,_morituri_te_salutant_(1877).jpg).

#Wiktionary #WOTD for 6 March 2026: “forbearance”—“[...] (uncountable) the action of refraining from enforcing something which is due [...] or a right which one has; (countable) an instance of this; (uncountable) restraint and tolerance under provocation; [...]” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

Two men walking on a beach and talking to each other. By TGLSMEDIA (CC-BY-SA 4.0 International; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Two_men_walking_on_a_beach_and_talking.jpg).

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 6 March 2026: “motteggiare” (Italian)—“(transitive) to tease; to needle; (intransitive) to speak wittily; to quip [auxiliary ‘avere’]; (intransitive, archaic) to have a pleasant conversation [auxiliary ‘avere’]” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

The former Capri Cinema (now the Cinema of Bahman) in Tehran, Iran, in flames following an act of sabotage during the Iranian Revolution on 5 November 1978. Photographer unknown (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Capri_Cinema_-_Tehran.jpg).

#Wiktionary #WOTD for 5 March 2026: “aflame”—“with flames coming from it; burning, flaming, in flames, on fire; (figurative) having the colour of a flame; in a state of great activity or emotion (anger, excitement, etc.); [...]” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A type of coach depicted in the 11th-century Anglo-Saxon manuscript known as the “Old English Hexateuch”. From the collection of the British Library in London, England, United Kingdom (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hexateuch,_Cotton_MS_Claudius_B_IV,_f._68r_(Ausschnitt_01).png).

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 5 March 2026: “ūtfūs” (Old English)—“(poetic, hapax legomenon) eager to leave, ready to depart” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

Blocks of pig iron. By Arnoldius (CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Masseln.jpg).

#Wiktionary #WOTD for 4 March 2026: “pig iron”—“(metallurgy, uncountable) a brittle, impure form of iron produced by smelting iron ore which is often shaped into blocks; it is [...] commonly used as an industrial raw material; (countable) a sample of such iron” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A woman player and a female croupier at a gaming table in Sun City Casino, Sun City, North West Province, South Africa. By South African Tourism (CC-BY 2.0 Generic; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sun_City_Casino,_Sun_City,_North_West,_South_Africa_(20523225812).jpg).

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 4 March 2026: “chimkondwa” (Chichewa)—“(uncountable) reluctance to abandon a pleasure; (uncountable) overstaying in a dangerous place due to oversupply of something good; (uncountable) dilly-dallying or dawdling in a dangerous place [...]” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

An eastern wolf (Canis lycaon) in the Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada. By Henrique Pacheco (CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eastern_wolf_in_Algonquin_Provincial_Park_01.jpg).

#Wiktionary #WOTD for 3 March 2026 (World Wildlife Day): “lone wolf”—“a wolf that is not part of a pack; (figurative) a person who avoids the company of others; an independent or solitary person; a loner; (crime) a criminal who acts alone, not as part of a group” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A monk in Uttaradit, Thailand, sitting on a gold-coloured throne and reading from Buddhist scriptures while preaching. By Tevaprapas (CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ban_Huahat01.jpg).

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 3 March 2026: “สังคายนา” (sǎng-kaa-yá-naa; Thai)—“(noun; Buddhism) general assembly of Buddhist priests, held especially for revision of a Buddhist text; [...] (verb; colloquial, transitive) to reform or improve radically or completely; [...]” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A diagram showing common cuts of pork in the United Kingdom. By GateKeeper (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:British_Pork_Cuts.svg).

#Wiktionary #WOTD for 2 March 2026: “go the whole hog”—“(intransitive, originally Canada, US, idiomatic, informal) to do something as completely or entirely as possible; to hold back or reserve nothing” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...