Word To Use Today: naissant.

 You say this word NAYs'nt.

Naissant is a term from heraldry. Here's a stag naissant:

illustration of the heraldic shield of Macorquodaill of that ilk* by Czar Brodie.

Yes, naissant means chopped off horizontally.

I hope you don't see any chopped-in-two stags as you go about the place, but in these times of Zoom and constant news there are many humans naissant to be seen. Well, half seen, anyway.

You might even eat meals with some of them.

And in these times of prolonged togetherness it just might make them seem less boring to think of them as heraldic beasts.

Word To Use Today: naissant. This word came to English in the 1500s from France. It means being born. The Latin word nāscī means to be born.

*Ilk, in this instance, means place: these Macorquodaills are lords of a place called Macorquodaill.