CONSOLATE

Etymology

Adjective

consolate (comparative more consolate, superlative most consolate)

(humorous) Comforted, consoled.

Verb

consolate (third-person singular simple present consolates, present participle consolating, simple past and past participle consolated)

(obsolete) To console; to comfort.

Anagrams

• colonates, stone coal

Source: Wiktionary


Con"so*late, v. t. Etym: [L. consolatus, p.p. See Console, v. t.]

Definition: To console; to comfort. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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DOOMED

(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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