Word of the Day, October 12, 2022

[ ] October 12, 2022 Word of the Day [monolithic]( [Discuss]( Definition: (adjective) Massive, solid, and uniform. Synonyms: [massive]( [monumental]( Usage: During her travels, she studied the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture. Missing Idiom Contest The Free Dictionary has the largest collection of English idioms in the world. But we're always looking for more to add, and we want your help! Every so often we hear from users who have looked up an idiom on The Free Dictionary that it was not found in the database. Maybe it was some expression they heard at work, or some phrase they grew up hearing their grandmother say. If you know an idiom that isn't already defined on The Free Dictionary, [send it to us]( and you might win $150 USD. Complete English Grammar Rules [Complete English Grammar Rules] An Amazon Best Seller! 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[More...]( Daily Grammar Lesson Multipliers [Discuss]( Multipliers are words and expressions that modify uncountable nouns and plural countable nouns by multiplying quantity. What is the multiplier in the following sentence? "I now earn double my previous wage." [More...]( This Day in History Columbus Makes Landfall in the Caribbean (1492) [Discuss]( Believing that Asia could be reached by traveling westward, Columbus's three-ship expedition set sail from Palos, Spain, in 1492. After a stop at the Canary Islands, Columbus sailed due west, turning in a more southerly direction after about a month at sea. Shortly thereafter, Columbus quelled a small mutiny, and, on October 12, landed at an island in the Bahamas. Columbus also explored nearby Cuba and Hispaniola before returning to Spain. How many ships set sail with his second expedition? [More...]( Today's Birthday Aleister Crowley (1875) [Discuss]( Crowley was a 20th-century English occultist who developed a religious philosophy called Thelema. As a young adult, he was a member of the influential occult society the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn but later turned toward yoga and Asian mysticism. While visiting Cairo, Egypt, Crowley reportedly had a mystical experience involving a voice that dictated The Book of the Law, the central text of Thelemic religious philosophy. According to Crowley, what did the voice call itself? [More...]( Today's Holiday Equatorial Guinea Independence Day [Discuss]( On this day in 1968, [Equatorial Guinea]( became independent from [Spain]( after being one of its colonies for nearly 300 years. On October 12—the same day on which [Columbus Day]( is celebrated elsewhere in the world—Equatorial Guinea celebrates its autonomy with a national holiday. [More...]( Quote of the Day [Discuss]( Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease. 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