Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for June 14, 2026 is:
 
 
 
 
 emblazon &#149; \im-BLAY-zun\&nbsp; &#149; verb
 To emblazon something is to decorate its surface, usually with a name, slogan, or picture. 

// Her favorite souvenir from her trip to the Grand Canyon was a t-shirt emblazoned with a rosy sunset over the famous chasm.

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 Examples:
 “Later that week we were boarding our flight with the painting secured in an enormous case with a toothy, bespectacled cartoon squirrel emblazoned on the back and a speech bubble that read ‘I’M JUST NUTS ABOUT PUZZLES!’” — Orlando Whitfield, All That Glitters: A Story of Friendship, Fraud and Fine Art, 2025 
 
 
 
 Did you know?
 <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blazon">Blazon</a> is a less commonly used synonym of the more familiar <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coat%20of%20arms">coat of arms</a>. Both centuries-old terms refer to <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heraldic">heraldic</a> designs, symbols, and other imagery (think crosses, lions, stripes, etc.) that typically appear on banners, shields, armor, and elsewhere. The verb form of blazon meaning “to depict heraldic figures or designs in drawing or engraving” and emblazon, “to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic figures or designs,” came into use around the same time in the late 1500s, from the French spoken in medieval England. (The word <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heraldry">heraldry</a>, also ultimately from Anglo-French, came into use then too.) Emblazon still refers to marking something with an emblem of heraldry, but it is now more often used for adorning or publicizing something in any conspicuous way, whether with eye-catching decoration or colorful words of praise.

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