passel

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for November 2, 2021 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>passel</strong> &#149; \PASS-ul\&nbsp; &#149; <em>noun</em><br /> <p>A <em>passel</em> is a large number or amount of something.</p> <p>// A <em>passel</em> of work emails awaited Jon on his return from vacation.</p> <p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passel">See the entry ></a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"'He's here!' the vehicle owners cheered as 100-year old driver of a 102-year-old Buick Irenee DuPont arrived again. DuPont then handily backed his car precisely into a parking place alongside a <em>passel </em>of other old vehicles." — Chris Barber, <em>The Chester County Press</em> (Oxford, Pennsylvania), 22 Sept. 2021</p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p>Loss of the sound of "r" after a <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vowel">vowel</a> and before a <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consonant#h2">consonant</a> in the middle of a word is common in spoken English. This linguistic idiosyncrasy has given the language a few new words, including <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cuss">cuss</a></em> from <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curse">curse</a></em>, <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bust#h2">bust</a></em> from <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burst">burst</a></em>, and <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passel">passel</a></em> from <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parcel">parcel</a></em>.</p> <br /><br /> </p> </font>