“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States
ENLUMINE
Etymology
Verb
enlumine (third-person singular simple present enlumines, present participle enlumining, simple past and past participle enlumined)
(obsolete) To illumine; to light up.
Source: Wiktionary
En*lu"mine, v. t. Etym: [F. enluminer; pref. en- (L. in) + L. luminare to light up, illumine. See Illuminate, and cf. Limn.]
Definition: To illumine. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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