GAMUT

gamut

(noun) a complete extent or range: “a face that expressed a gamut of emotions”

gamut

(noun) the entire scale of musical notes

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

gamut (plural gamuts)

A (normally) complete range.

(music) All the notes in the musical scale.

All the colours available to a device such as a monitor or printer.

Source: Wiktionary


Gam"ut, n. Etym: [F. gamme + ut the name of a musical note. F. gamme is fr. the name of the Greek letter Gamma, and Ut.] (Mus.)

Definition: The scale.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.

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