jotting, jot
(noun) a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note
Source: WordNet® 3.1
jotting
present participle of jot
jotting (plural jottings)
A brief note or sketch
Source: Wiktionary
Jot, n. Etym: [L. iota, Gr. i. Heb. y), the smallest letter of the Greek alphabet. Cf. Iota.]
Definition: An iota; a point; a tittle; the smallest particle. Cf. Bit, n. Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Matt. v. 18. Neither will they bate One jot of ceremony. Shak.
Jot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Jotting.]
Definition: To set down; to make a brief note of; -- usually followed by down.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 January 2025
(noun) a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
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.
