obtected (comparative more obtected, superlative most obtected)
(obsolete) covered; protected
(zoology) Covered with a hard chitinous case, like the pupa of certain files.
Source: Wiktionary
Ob*tect"ed, a. Etym: [L. obtectus, p.p. of obtegere to cover over.]
1. Covered; protected. [Obs.]
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Covered with a hard chitinous case, as the pupa of certain files.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 December 2024
(adjective) being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering; “chronic indigestion”; “a chronic shortage of funds”; “a chronic invalid”
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.
