According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.
PEPLUM
peplos, peplus, peplum
(noun) a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist
peplum
(noun) a flared ruffle attached to the waistline of a dress or jacket or blouse
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
peplum (plural peplums or pepla)
(historical) A peplos, an Ancient Greek garment formed of a tubular piece of cloth folded back upon itself halfway down so that the top of the tube is worn around the waist, and the bottom covers the legs down to the ankles; the open top is then worn over the shoulders, and draped, in folds, down to the waist. Compare the Roman palla.
A veil.
Noun
peplum (plural peplums or pepla)
(uncountable) A genre of Italian films based on historical or biblical epics.
(countable) An individual film in this genre.
Synonyms
• (film genre): sword-and-sandal
Source: Wiktionary
Pep"lum, n.; pl. E. -lumus, L. -la. [L.]
Definition: A peplos. Hence: An overskirt hanging like an ancient peplos; also, a short fitted skirt attached to a waist or coat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
25 November 2024
ONCHOCERCIASIS
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
Coffee Trivia
