Coronavirus (plural er-noun)
Alternative letter-case form of coronavirus (“the virus SARS-CoV-2 or the disease COVID-19”)
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coronavirus (countable and uncountable, plural coronaviruses)
(virology) A member of the family Coronaviridae, comprising viruses which infect animals and human beings, and the genome of which consists of a single strand of RNA. [from 1968]
SARS-CoV-2, the specific coronavirus that causes the infectious disease COVID-19.
(medicine) An illness caused by a coronavirus.
COVID-19, the disease caused by the specific coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
• (member of the family Coronaviridae): crown virus (rare)
• (the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2): corona (clipping), rona (clipping)
• (the disease COVID-19): corona (clipping), rona (clipping)
• carnivorous
Source: Wiktionary
19 January 2025
(noun) powerful and effective language; “his eloquence attracted a large congregation”; “fluency in spoken and written English is essential”; “his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.