abeyant, dormant
(adjective) inactive but capable of becoming active; “her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened”
dormant, inactive
(adjective) (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct; “a dormant volcano”
dormant, hibernating, torpid
(adjective) in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; “dormant buds”; “a hibernating bear”; “torpid frogs”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dormant (not comparable)
Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.
(heraldry) In a sleeping posture; distinguished from couchant.
(architecture) Leaning.
• (inactive, suspended): quiescent; see also inactive
• (inactive, suspended): active
• (volcano: inactive): active, extinct
dormant (plural dormants)
(architecture) A crossbeam or joist.
• mordant
Source: Wiktionary
Dor"mant, a. Etym: [F., p. pr. of dormir to sleep, from L. dormire; cf. Gr. dra, OSlav. dr.]
1. Sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed, asserted, or insisted on; as, dormant passions; dormant claims or titles. It is by lying dormant a long time, or being . . . very rarely exercised, that arbitrary power steals upon a people. Burke.
2. (Her.)
Definition: In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; -- distinguished from couchant. Dormant partner (Com.), a partner who takes no share in the active business of a company or partnership, but is entitled to a share of the profits, and subject to a share in losses; -- called also sleeping or silent partner.
– Dormant window (Arch.), a dormer window. See Dormer.
– Table dormant, a stationary table. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Dor"mant, n. Etym: [See Dormant, a.] (Arch.)
Definition: A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or " sleep." Arch. Pub. Soc.
– Called also dormant tree, dorman tree, dormond, and dormer. Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 April 2025
(noun) cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers; “they used bales of newspaper every day”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
