pennon, pinion
(noun) wing of a bird
pennant, pennon, streamer, waft
(noun) a long flag; often tapering
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pennon (plural pennons)
A thin, often triangular flag or streamer, especially as hung from the end of a lance or spear.
(nautical) A long pointed streamer or flag on a vessel.
Synonym: pennant
(literary, obsolete) A wing (appendage of an animal's body enabling it to fly); any of the outermost primary feathers on a wing.
Synonym: pinion
Source: Wiktionary
Pen"non, n. Etym: [Cf. Pinion.]
Definition: A wing; a pinion. Milton.
Pen"non, n. Etym: [See Pennant.]
Definition: A pennant; a flag or streamer. Longfellow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 May 2025
(adverb) showing consideration and thoughtfulness; “he had thoughtfully brought with him some food to share”
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.
