BIGOTED

bigoted

(adjective) blindly and obstinately attached to some creed or opinion and intolerant toward others; “a bigoted person”; “an outrageously bigoted point of view”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

bigoted (comparative more bigoted, superlative most bigoted)

Having the characteristics of a bigot; strongly prejudiced; forming opinions without just cause

Synonyms: intolerant, biased

Antonyms

• tolerant

Source: Wiktionary


Big"ot*ed, a.

Definition: Obstinately and blindly attached to some creed, opinion practice, or ritual; unreasonably devoted to a system or party, and illiberal toward the opinions of others. "Bigoted to strife." Byron.

Syn.

– Prejudiced; intolerant; narrow-minded.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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15 March 2025

TRUNCATION

(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)


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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.

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