CONFERMENT

bestowal, bestowment, conferral, conferment

(noun) the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

conferment (countable and uncountable, plural conferments)

The act of conferring; a presentation or bestowal.

Synonyms

• conferral

Source: Wiktionary



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18 January 2025

SHTIK

(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”


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Coffee Trivia

Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.

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