Fourier, Charles Fourier, Francois Marie Charles Fourier
(noun) French sociologist and reformer who hoped to achieve universal harmony by reorganizing society (1772-1837)
Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, Baron Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
(noun) French mathematician who developed Fourier analysis and studied the conduction of heat (1768-1830)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
