7. BULBITATE Derived via Latin from a Greek word meaning manure, to bulbitate is to mess your pants. (Hopefully not an everyday word.) 8. CACHINNATE To cachinnate is to laugh loudly or unrestrainedly.

Persephone Persephone is the Greek goddess of spring and the underworld. The name's etymology is uncertain, but may derive from Sanskrit root words meaning "corn thresher." ...

In modern Greece, for example, moving vans and luggage carts proclaim "metaphora" on their sides, from the ancient Greek word meaning "transfer" (based in the root phor, meaning "to bear, carry").

The word Epiphany comes from a Greek word meaning "to reveal" - as it is when the baby Jesus was "revealed" to the world.

Crafting a cocktail that embodies an experience is challenging, but Elaia Estiatorio achieves this with Kefi, drawing on Greek inspirations to capture the drink's lively essence.

In a season that symbolizes rebirth and growth, a variety of blossoming names inspired by all things spring might become a favorite this year among expecting parents.

When Houston ISD second-grader Zachary Teoh thinks of the word "bibliophile," he thinks of himself first. Then, he thinks about the building blocks—"biblio-," a Greek word meaning "book," and ...

How ancient Greek informs our modern understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic The world is a different place since COVID-19 went from the epidemic stage to being declared a pandemic. But the meaning ...