DIRER

Adjective

direr

comparative form of dire

Anagrams

• Rider, drier, reird, rider

Source: Wiktionary


DIRE

Dire, a. [Compar. Direr; superl. Direst.] Etym: [L. dirus; of uncertain origin.]

1. Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens.

2. Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable. Dire was the tossing, deep the groans. Milton. Gorgons and hydras and chimeras dire. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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CRITICAL

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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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