undulant

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 15, 2021 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>undulant</strong> &#149; \UN-juh-lunt\&nbsp; &#149; <em>adjective</em><br /> <p><em>Undulant</em> describes the rise and fall of waves, or things that move or have a form like waves. </p> <p>// We followed the <em>undulant</em> green hills on our journey to the resort. </p> <p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undulant">See the entry ></a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"Gilliam broke ranks with the movement—or extended it—in the mid-sixties, when he began <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/draping">draping</a> vast unstretched paint-stained and -spattered canvases from walls and ceilings, creating <em>undulant</em> environments that drenched the eye in effulgent color." — Peter Schjeldahl, <em>The New Yorker</em>, 9 Nov. 2020</p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p><em>Unda</em>, Latin for "wave," is the root of <em>undulant</em>, as well as words such as <a href="/dictionary/abound"><em>abound</em></a>, <em><a href="/dictionary/inundate">inundate</a></em>, <em><a href="/dictionary/redound">redound</a></em>, <em><a href="/dictionary/surround">surround</a></em>, and the verb <em><a href="/dictionary/undulate">undulate</a></em>, which means "to form or move in waves." The meaning of <em>undulant</em> is now broad enough that it could describe things as disparate as a snake’s movement and a fever that waxes and wanes.</p> <br /><br /> </p> </font>