It's Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 1st.
Today's word is cohesive, spelled C-O-H-E-S-I-V-E.
Cohesive is an adjective.
Something described as cohesive sticks together and forms something closely united.
The word is usually used with abstract terms in phrases like a cohesive social unit or a cohesive look or aesthetic.
Cohesive can also be used to describe something such as the design of a room or the plot of a movie that is coherent,
in other words, logically or consistently ordered.
Here's the word used in a sentence from Business Insider.
The collection showcases a harmonious blend of modern aesthetics and classic craftsmanship,
allowing customers to create cohesive outdoor environments that enhance the beauty of their surroundings.
The Latin verb hierere has shown remarkable sticktoitiveness in influencing the English lexicon,
which is fitting for a word that means to be closely attached to stick.
Among its descendants are the words adhere, literally meaning to stick,
adheres relative adhesive, a word for sticky substances,
the word in here, meaning to belong by nature or inhabit,
and even hesitate, which implies remaining stuck in place before taking action.
In Latin, hayarere teamed up with the prefix co to form co-hayarere, which means to stick together.
Kohairere is the ancestor of cohesive,
a word borrowed into English in the early 18th century to describe something that sticks together literally,
such as dough or mud, or figuratively, such as a society or sports team.