faun
(noun) ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat’s tail; equivalent to Greek satyr
Source: WordNet® 3.1
faun (plural fauns)
(Roman mythology) A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.
Synonym: satyr
(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Faunis.
Source: Wiktionary
Faun, n. Etym: [L. Faunus, fr. favere to be favorable. See Favor.] (Rom. Myth.)
Definition: A god of fields and shipherds, diddering little from the satyr. The fauns are usually represented as half goat and half man. Satyr or Faun, or Sylvan. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
13 April 2025
(noun) an instance or single occasion for some event; “this time he succeeded”; “he called four times”; “he could do ten at a clip”
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.
