AGENDUM

agenda, agendum, order of business

(noun) a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

agendum (plural agenda or agendums)

(obsolete) A task which ought to be done.

Usage notes

Agendum is a word now so common in the plural that its plural form agenda is now generally taken to be a collective singular form, with the special meaning of a list of tasks which are to be done. A similar case is datum and its plural data which is now commonly taken to be a collective singular and synonymous with 'information'.

Anagrams

• gudeman

Source: Wiktionary


A*gen"dum, n.; pl. Agenda. Etym: [L., neut. of the gerundive of agere to act.]

1. Something to be done; in the pl., a memorandum book.

2. A church service; a ritual or liturgy. [In this sense, usually Agenda.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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