NETLIKE

lacy, netlike, netted, webbed, weblike, webby

(adjective) having open interstices or resembling a web

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

netlike (comparative more netlike, superlative most netlike)

Resembling or characteristic of a net, especially in having many small openings.

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




Word of the Day

17 June 2025

RECREANT

(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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