FRAGRANCY

bouquet, fragrance, fragrancy, redolence, sweetness

(noun) a pleasingly sweet olfactory property

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

fragrancy (usually uncountable, plural fragrancies)

fragrance

Source: Wiktionary


Fra"grance, Fra"gran*cy, n. Etym: [L. fragrantia: cf. OF. fragrance.]

Definition: The quality of being fragrant; sweetness of smell; a sweet smell; a pleasing odor; perfume. Eve separate he spies, Veiled in a cloud of fragrance. Milton. The goblet crowned, Breathed aromatic fragrancies around. Pope.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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3 February 2025

CRAZY

(adjective) possessed by inordinate excitement; “the crowd went crazy”; “was crazy to try his new bicycle”


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The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

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