It's Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for June 1st.

Today's word is Sveld, spelled S-V-E-L-T-E-S-Felt is an adjective.

Someone described as Sveldt is considered slender or thin in an attractive or graceful way.

Sveld can also be used to describe something sleek, such as a vehicle or an article of clothing.

Here's the word used in a sentence from Forbes by Josh Max.

There's more plastic than some would prefer,

but it's otherwise an attractive functional cockpit

with comfy seats and room enough for three adults in the rear as long as all are relatively s felt

In Death on the Rocks a 2013 mystery novel by Darren Lake. The hero John Rawlings is described as having

Sveld Eyebrows. He raises them also in 1995's Death at the Beggers Opera.

Lake's Erver, notwithstanding, V's Death at the Beggers Opera.

Lakes Irvra notwithstanding, Sveldt is not an adjective commonly applied to eyebrows.

Though it's perfectly appropriate to do so, one of the words meanings is sleek and it's often used to describe

such disparate things as gowns and sports cars having clean lines. But Sveldt eyebrows also makes etymological sense. Sveldt came to English by way of French

from the Italian adjective Sveldo, which itself comes from the verb Sveldere, meaning to pluck out. Since its debut in English in the early

19th century, however, Svelt has more often been used with its original meaning to describe a person's body, not just the tuft of hair above the eyes,

as slender, graceful, or lithe.

With your word of the day, I'm Peter Sokolowski. Visit Marion Webster.com today for definitions, word play, and trending word lookups.