etude
(noun) a short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity
Source: WordNet® 3.1
etude (plural etudes)
(music) A short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill.
• (a song written as an exercise): study
Source: Wiktionary
E`tude", n. Etym: [F. See Study.]
1. A composition in the fine arts which is intended, or may serve, for a study.
2. (Mus.)
Definition: A study; an exercise; a piece for practice of some special point of technical execution.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
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.
