fakir, fakeer, faqir, faquir
(noun) a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fakir (plural fakirs)
(Islam) A faqir, owning no personal property and usually living solely off alms.
(Hindu, more loosely) An ascetic mendicant, especially one who performs feats of endurance or apparent magic.
(derogatory) Someone who takes advantage of the gullible through fakery, especially of a spiritual or religious nature.
• Kafir, farik, kafir
Source: Wiktionary
Fa"kir, n. Etym: [Ar. faqir poor.]
Definition: An Oriental religious ascetic or begging monk. [Written also faquir anf fakeer.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 May 2025
(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”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
