epiphora, epistrophe
(noun) repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.
Source: WordNet® 3.1
E*piph"o*ra, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
1. (Med.)
Definition: The watery eye; a disease in which the tears accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek.
2. (Rhet.)
Definition: The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 April 2024
(noun) a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area; “the dominant character of the cityscape is it poverty”
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.
