As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
HECATOMB
hecatomb
(noun) a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hecatomb (plural hecatombs)
(Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome) A great feast and public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen.
(by extension) Any great sacrifice; a great number of people, animals or things, especially as sacrificed or destroyed; a large amount.
Source: Wiktionary
Hec"a*tomb, n. Etym: [L. hecatombe, Gr. hécatombe.] (Antiq.)
Definition: A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time; hence, the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of victims. Slaughtered hecatombs around them bleed. Addison. More than a human hecatomb. Byron.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
30 May 2025
FOREHAND
(noun) (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
Coffee Trivia
