DEMONSTRATIVES

Noun

demonstratives

plural of demonstrative

Source: Wiktionary


DEMONSTRATIVE

De*mon"stra*tive, a. Etym: [F. démonstratif, L. demonstrativus.]

1. Having the nature of demonstration; tending to demonstrate; making evident; exhibiting clearly or conclusively. "Demonstrative figures." Dryden. An argument necessary and demonstrative. Hooker.

2. Expressing, or apt to express, much; displaying feeling or sentiment; as, her nature was demonstrative.

3. Consisting of eulogy or of invective. "Demonstrative eloquence." Blair. Demonstrative pronoun (Gram.), a pronoun distinctly designating that to which it refers.

De*mon"stra*tive, n. (Gram.)

Definition: A demonstrative pronoun; as, "this" and "that" are demonstratives.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

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.

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