OCCLUDENT

Adjective

occludent (not comparable)

Serving to occlude or close.

Source: Wiktionary


Oc*clud"ent, a. Etym: [L.occludens, p.pr. of occludere.]

Definition: Serving to close; shutting up.

– n.

Definition: That which closes or shuts up. Sterne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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22 May 2024

INFERIOR

(adjective) having an orbit between the sun and the Earth’s orbit; “Mercury and Venus are inferior planets”


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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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