HALLOWEEN

Halloween, Hallowe'en, Allhallows Eve

(noun) the evening before All Saints’ Day; often devoted to pranks played by young people

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Hal`low*een", n.

Definition: The evening preceding Allhallows or All Saints' Day. [Scot.] Burns.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

13 February 2025

BREAK

(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”


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Coffee Trivia

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.

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