luridest
superlative form of lurid: most lurid
• diluters, studlier
Source: Wiktionary
Lu"rid, a. Etym: [L. luridus.]
1. Pale yellow; ghastly pale; wan; gloomy; dismal. Fierce o'er their beauty blazed the lurid flame. Thomson. Wrapped in drifts of lurid smoke On the misty river tide. Tennyson.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Having a brown color tonged with red, as of flame seen through smoke.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Of a color tinged with purple, yellow, and gray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
