In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
EGRESS
egress, egression, emergence
(noun) the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent
emergence, egress, issue
(noun) the becoming visible; “not a day’s difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins”
egress, emersion
(noun) (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse
issue, emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress
(verb) come out of; “Water issued from the hole in the wall”; “The words seemed to come out by themselves”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
egress (countable and uncountable, plural egresses)
An exit or way out.
The process of exiting or leaving.
(astronomy) The end of the apparent transit of a small astronomical body over the disk of a larger one.
Synonyms
• (exit): exit, way out, outgang
• (process of exiting): departure, exit, exiting, leaving
Antonyms
• (exit): entrance, ingress, way in
• (process of exiting): entering, entrance
Coordinate terms
• (permission): ingress, egress, regress
Etymology 2
Verb
egress (third-person singular simple present egresses, present participle egressing, simple past and past participle egressed)
(intransitive) To exit or leave; to go or come out.
Synonyms
• (exit): come out, depart, exit, go out, leave
Antonyms
• (exit): come in, enter, go in
Anagrams
• Segers, serges
Source: Wiktionary
E"gress, n. Etym: [L. egressus, fr. egredi to go out; e out + gradi to go. See Grade.]
1. The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure. Embarred from all egress and regress. Holland. Gates of burning adamant, Barred over us, prohibit all egress. Milton.
2. (Astron.)
Definition: The passing off from the sun's disk of an inferior planet, in a transit.
E*gress", v. i.
Definition: To go out; to depart; to leave.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
24 December 2024
INTUITIVELY
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
Coffee Trivia
