MY READER'S BLOCK: GAD Word of the Day

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Thursday, January 1, 2026

GAD Word of the Day

In 2026, I'm going to try out a new bookish meme: the Golden Age of Detection (GAD) Mystery Word of the Day. Whenever I find a word that I'm unfamiliar with, I'm going to actually take time to look it up and share it with mystery-lovers everywhere. 😊

Today's GAD Mystery Word of the Day is Squamous (adj): Covered with or characterized by scales.

From Don Among the Dead Men by C. E. Vulliamy (1952)

It was a large untidy car with many of those squamous and iridescent silvery blobs on its glass which, like the patination of metal, seems to indicate antiquity.

Feel free to share any new/unusual words that you find today (or this week) in the comments below.