BIOGRAPHY

biography, life, life story, life history

(noun) an account of the series of events making up a person’s life

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

biography (countable and uncountable, plural biographies)

A person's life story, especially one published.

The art of writing this kind of story.

Verb

biography (third-person singular simple present biographies, present participle biographying, simple past and past participle biographied)

(transitive) To write a biography of.

Anagrams

• ribophagy

Source: Wiktionary


Bi*og"ra*phy, n.; pl. Biographies. Etym: [Gr. ; life + to write: cf. F. biographie. See Graphic.]

1. The written history of a person's life.

2. Biographical writings in general.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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