intersperse

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 16, 2022 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>intersperse</strong> &#149; \in-ter-SPERSS\&nbsp; &#149; <em>verb</em><br /> <p><em>Intersperse</em> means "to place or insert something at intervals in or among other things."</p> <p>// The author has <em>interspersed</em> the guidebook with pictures of the different animals tourists might encounter on the safari.</p> <p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intersperse">See the entry ></a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"There are stately brick buildings here, <em>interspersed</em> with derelict warehouses—forgotten remnants of this area's industrial past." — Jessica Wolfrom, <em>The San Francisco Examiner</em>, 28 Feb. 2022</p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p><em>Intersperse</em> comes from Latin <em>interspersus</em>, a combination of the prefix <em>inter-</em> ("between or among") and <em>sparsus</em>, the past participle of <em>spargere</em>, meaning "to scatter." <em>Sparsus</em> is also the source of <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sparse">sparse</a></em>.</p> <br /><br /> </p> </font>