Word of the Day: UBIQUITOUS

Everywhere all at once

ubiquitous (adj) - seeming to appear or exist everywhere; omnipresent [yoo-bik-wi-tuhs]

• ubiquity is the act or the state of being or seeming to be everywhere all the time

BREAKDOWN: Any suspicion you may have about the word ubiquitous arising from classical roots should be trusted. The Latin ubique means everywhere and can be broken down into UBI meaning where and QUE which can mean many things but, in this case, means both every and also maybe where. Another point of interest is that the opposite of ubiquity is considered to be uniquity–the quality of being unique.

"Rumors are nearly as old as human history, but with the rise of the Internet, they have become ubiquitous. In fact, we are now awash in them." —Cass Sunstein

[Our Wednesday Wildcards are fascinating and important words that are not derived from classical roots.]