INSTRESS

Noun

instress (plural instresses)

In the philosophy of Gerard Manley Hopkins, the apprehension or realization of the inscape, or distinctive design, of an object.

Verb

instress (third-person singular simple present instresses, present participle instressing, simple past and past participle instressed)

To apprehend or realize the inscape, or distinctive design, of an object.

Anagrams

• sestrins, sistrens

Source: Wiktionary



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CRISP

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According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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