iliac
(adjective) of or relating to the ilium
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Iliac (comparative more Iliac, superlative most Iliac)
Relating to ancient Ilium, or Troy.
• cilia
iliac (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to the ilium.
• cilia
Source: Wiktionary
Il"i*ac, a. Etym: [L. Iliacus, Gr. Iliad.]
Definition: Pertaining to ancient Ilium, or Troy. Gladstone.
Il"i*ac, a. Etym: [Cf. F. iliaque. See Ileum, and cf. Jade a stone.]
1. (Anat.)
Definition: Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ilium, or dorsal bone of the pelvis; as, the iliac artery. [Written also ileac.]
2. See Ileac, 1. [R.] Iliac crest, the upper margin of the ilium.
– Iliac passion. See Ileus.
– Iliac region, a region of the abdomen, on either side of the hypogastric regions, and below the lumbar regions.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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.
