“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States
HETEROSES
Noun
heteroses
plural of heterosis
Anagrams
• shoe trees, shoetrees
Source: Wiktionary
HETEROSIS
Het`e*ro"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)
Definition: A figure of speech by which one form of a noun, verb, or pronoun, and the like, is used for another, as in the sentence: "What is life to such as me" Aytoun.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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19 April 2025
CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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