lunch, luncheon, tiffin, dejeuner
(noun) a midday meal
Source: WordNet® 3.1
luncheon (countable and uncountable, plural luncheons)
A formal meal served in the middle of the day.
(obsolete) Any midday meal; lunch.
(obsolete) A lump of food.
(obsolete) A portion of food taken at any time except at a regular meal; an informal or light repast.
luncheon (third-person singular simple present luncheons, present participle luncheoning, simple past and past participle luncheoned)
(intransitive, dated) To eat luncheon.
Source: Wiktionary
Lunch"eon, n. Etym: [Prov. E. luncheon, lunchion, lunshin, a large lump of food, fr. lunch. See Lunch.]
1. A lump of food. [Prov. Eng.]
2. A portion of food taken at any time except at a regular meal; an informal or light repast, as between breakfast and dinner.
Lunch"eon, v. i.
Definition: To take luncheon. Beaconsfield.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 February 2025
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
