omicron
(noun) the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet
Source: WordNet® 3.1
omicron (plural omicrons or omicra)
The 15th letter of Classical and Modern Greek, and the 16th in Ancient and Old Greek.
• moronic, oncomir
Source: Wiktionary
O*mi"cron, n. [Written also omikron.] [NL., fr. Gr. O o. See Micro-.]
Definition: Lit., the little, or short, O, o; the fifteenth letter of the Greek alphabet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 April 2024
(verb) treat carefully; “He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon”; “He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly”
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.
