occidental, Hesperian
(adjective) denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the western hemisphere; “occidental civilization”; “Hesperian culture”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Hes*pe"ri*an, a. Etym: [L. hesperius, fr. hesperus the evening star, Gr. Vesper.]
Definition: Western; being in the west; occidental. [Poetic] Milton.
Hes*pe"ri*an, n.
Definition: A native or an inhabitant of a western country. [Poetic] J. Barlow.
Hes*pe"ri*an, a. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to a family of butterflies called Hesperidæ, or skippers.
– n.
Definition: Any one of the numerous species of Hesperidæ; a skipper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 November 2024
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
