OVERSKIP

Etymology

Verb

overskip (third-person singular simple present overskips, present participle overskipping, simple past and past participle overskipped)

To skip or leap over; to treat with indifferences.

Source: Wiktionary


O`ver*skip", v. t.

Definition: To skip or leap over; to treat with indifference. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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6 January 2025

PREMATURELY

(adverb) (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; “the child was born prematurely”


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The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

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