Circumcision, Feast of the Circumcision, January
(noun) (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st
Epiphany, Epiphany of Our Lord, Twelfth day, Three Kings' Day, January
(noun) twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus
January, Jan
(noun) the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Jan"u*a*ry, n. Etym: [L. Januarius, fr. Janus an old Latin deity, the god of the sun and the year, to whom the month of January was sacred; cf. janua a door, Skr. ya to go.]
Definition: The first month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
Note: Before the adoption of New Style, the commencement of the year was usually reckoned from March 25.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 February 2025
(adjective) possessed by inordinate excitement; “the crowd went crazy”; “was crazy to try his new bicycle”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
