complementaries
plural of complementary
Source: Wiktionary
Com`ple*men"ta"ry, a.
Definition: Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers. Complementary colors. See under Color.
– Complementary angles (Math.), two angles whose sum is 90°.
Com`ple*men"ta*ry, n. Etym: [See Complimentary.]
Definition: One skilled in compliments. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 July 2024
(noun) an excited state of agitation; “he was in a dither”; “there was a terrible flap about the theft”
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.
