etiquette
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day

etiquette

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 8, 20262 min
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for October 8, 2026 is: etiquette \ET-ih-kut\ 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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Today's word is etiquette, spelled E-T-I-Q-U-E-T-T-E. Etiquette is a noun.

expected in a particular setting.

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It's the Word of the Day podcast for October 8th. Today's word is etiquette, spelled E-T-I-Q-U-E-T-T-E. Etiquette is a noun. It refers to rules or customs that dictate what behavior is considered appropriate and expected in a particular setting.

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Here's the word used in a sentence from Literary Hub. My first interaction with the Real Housewives franchise happened sometime in 2015, when my partner became hooked on the show. I had just begun work on what I expected to be a big and research-heavy multi-generational

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family novel, and all I could hear was a chorus of accusations about who said what to whom, who lied to whom, and who hadn't followed the correct etiquette at a charity event. If you're looking for a polite topic of conversation to raise at your next gathering

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