lyceum
(noun) a public hall for lectures and concerts
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Lyceum
An ancient Greek temple in Athens dedicated to Apollo Lyceus.
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lyceum (plural lyceums)
(historical) A public hall designed for lectures, readings, or concerts.
(US, historical) A school, especially European, at a stage between elementary school and college, a lycée.
An association for literary improvement.
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Source: Wiktionary
Ly*ce"um, n.; pl. E. Lyceums, L. Lycea. Etym: [L. lyceum, Gr. Wolf.]
1. A place of exercise with covered walks, in the suburbs of Athens, where Aristotle taught philosophy.
2. A house or apartment appropriated to instruction by lectures or disquisitions.
3. A higher school, in Europe, which prepares youths for the university.
4. An association for debate and literary improvement.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
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.
