What was the No. 1 word of 2005?
Paul V. Arnold, Noria Corporation
Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary sorted through thousands of user hits to find the 10 words that most consistently piqued your curiosity this past year.
Based on online lookups, the No. 1 Word of the Year for 2005 was:
1. integrity
Pronunciation:
in-'te-gr&-tE
Function:
noun
Etymology: Middle English
integrite, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French
integrité, from Latin
integritat-, integritas, from
integr-, integer entire
1 : firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values
: INCORRUPTIBILITY
2 : an unimpaired condition
: SOUNDNESS
3 : the quality or state of being complete or undivided
: COMPLETENESS
synonym see
HONESTY
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