oryx, pasang
(noun) large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns
Source: WordNet® 3.1
oryx (plural oryxes or oryx)
Any of several antelopes, of the genus Oryx, native to Africa, which have long, straight horns.
• sabre antelope
• Roxy
Source: Wiktionary
O"ryx, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A genus of African antelopes which includes the gemsbok, the leucoryx, the bisa antelope (O. beisa), and the beatrix antelope (O. beatrix) of Arabia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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.
