It's the word of the day for July 18th.
Today's word is meritorious.
Meritorious is an adjective.
It's a formal word used to describe something that is deserving of honor, praise, or esteem.
Here's the word used in a sentence from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
The Air Medal is awarded to anyone who distinguishes themselves through meritorious achievement
while flying.
People who demonstrate meritorious behavior certainly earn our respect and you can use that fact to remember that The word meritorious has its roots in the Latin verb merrere,
which means to earn.
Merrere is also the source of the English noun and verb merit.
Nowadays, the rewards earned for meritorious acts are likely to be of an immaterial nature.
Gratitude.
admiration, or praise, but that wasn't always so.
The history of meritorious recalls a reward more concrete in nature called hard cash.
In Latin, meritorious literally means bringing in money.
With your word of the day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.
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