noumenon, thing-in-itself
(noun) the intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception
Source: WordNet® 3.1
noumena
plural of noumenon
• Nouméan
Source: Wiktionary
Nou"me*non, n. Etym: [NL. fr. Gr. (Metaph.)
Definition: The of itself unknown and unknowable rational object, or thing in itself, which is distinguished from the Ant: phenomenon through which it is apprehended by the senses, and by which it is interpreted and understood; -- so used in the philosophy of Kant and his followers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 February 2025
(noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
