It's the Word of the Day podcast for July 15th.
Today's word is tantalize spelled t-a-n-t-a-l-i-z-e.
Tantalize is a verb.
To tantalize someone is to cause them to feel interest or excitement about something that is very attractive or appealing.
Here's the word used in a sentence from the Chester County Press.
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Pity poor King Tantalus of Lydia,
the mythic monarch offended the ancient Greek gods and was sentenced, according to Homer's Odyssey,
to suffer in Hades the following punishment,
to stand neck-deep in water beneath overhanging boughs of a tree heavily laden with ripe,
juicy fruit.
But though he was always hungry and thirsty,
Tantalus could neither drink the water nor eat the fruit.
Any time he moved to get them, they would retreat from his reach.
Our word, tantalize, is taken from the name of the eternally tormented king.
With your word of the day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.