deportment
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day

deportment

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 14, 20261 min
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for October 14, 2026 is: deportment \dih-PORT-munt\ noun See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Deportment is a noun.

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It's the Word of the Day podcast for October 14. Today's word is deportment, spelled D-E-P-O-R-T-M-E-N-T. Deportment is a noun. It refers to the way in which one conducts oneself, especially in a formal setting.

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Deportment, like a number of English words, has its roots in the Latin portare, meaning to carry. Other portare descendants include such familiar terms as import, meaning to bring from an external source, transport, meaning to bring from one place to another, and portfolio,

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