aerialist
(noun) an acrobat who performs in the air (as on a rope or trapeze)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
aerialist (plural aerialists)
An acrobat performing high off the ground, defying a fall to earth, as on a trapeze or a tightrope.
(skiing) A specialist in freestyle aerials skiing
(obsolete) One who operates a flying machine; a balloonist or aviator.
(obsolete, rare) A person whose knowledge of agriculture is purely academic and not derived from experience. [late 18th—early 19th centuries]
• (acrobat): highwire walker, tightrope walker
• (skiing): aerials skier
• (skiing): freestyle skier
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Source: Wiktionary
14 December 2024
(adjective) open and genuine; not deceitful; “he was a good man, decent and sincere”; “felt sincere regret that they were leaving”; “sincere friendship”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
