brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby
(adjective) having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats
Source: WordNet® 3.1
brindled (comparative more brindled, superlative most brindled)
of a brownish, tawny or gray colour, with streaks or spots; streaky, spotted
brindled
simple past tense and past participle of brindle
Source: Wiktionary
Brin"dled, a. Etym: [A dim. form of brinded.]
Definition: Having dark streaks or spots on a gray or tawny ground; brinded. "With a brindled lion played." Churchill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 November 2024
(adverb) in a searching manner; “‘Are you really happy with him,’ asked her mother, gazing at Vera searchingly”
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.
