abeyant, dormant
(adjective) inactive but capable of becoming active; “her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
abeyant (comparative more abeyant, superlative most abeyant)
Being in a state of abeyance; suspended. [from mid 19th c.]
Synonyms: dormant, inactive, latent, Thesaurus:inactive
Source: Wiktionary
A*bey"ant, a.
Definition: Being in a state of abeyance.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
