EQUINIA

Etymology

Noun

equinia (uncountable)

(medicine, archaic) glanders

Source: Wiktionary


E*quin"i*a, n. Etym: [NL. See Equine.] (Med.)

Definition: Glanders.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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6 May 2025

HEEDLESS

(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”


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Coffee Trivia

In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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