ebon, ebony
(adjective) of a very dark black
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ebon (plural ebons)
(now poetic) Ebony; an ebony tree.
ebon (comparative more ebon, superlative most ebon)
(poetic) Made of ebony.
(poetic) Black in colour.
• Beno, Boen, Bone, Bône, bone
Source: Wiktionary
Eb"on, a.
1. Consisting of ebony.
2. Like ebony, especially in color; black; dark. Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne. Young.
Eb"on, n.
Definition: Ebony. [Poetic] "Framed of ebon and ivory." Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
(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
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.
