amelioration, melioration, betterment
(noun) the act of relieving ills and changing for the better
melioration
(noun) the linguistic process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning
improvement, melioration
(noun) a condition superior to an earlier condition; “the new school represents a great improvement”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
melioration (countable and uncountable, plural meliorations)
Archaic form of amelioration.
Source: Wiktionary
Mel`io*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. melioratio.]
Definition: The act or operation of meliorating, or the state of being meliorated; improvement. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 January 2025
(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
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.
