assibilate
(verb) change into a sibilant; “In the syllable /si/, the /s/ sibilates in Japanese”
assibilate
(verb) insert a sibilant sound before or after (another sound)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
assibilate (third-person singular simple present assibilates, present participle assibilating, simple past and past participle assibilated)
(linguistics, phonetics) To change into or pronounce with the accompaniment of a sibilant sound or sounds.
(linguistics, phonetics) To change by assibilation.
Source: Wiktionary
As*sib"i*late, v. t. Etym: [L. assibilatus, p. p. of assibilare to hiss out; ad + sibilare to hiss.]
Definition: To make sibilant; to change to a sibilant. J. Peile.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 May 2025
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
