personification, incarnation
(noun) the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
personification, prosopopoeia
(noun) representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
personification
(noun) a person who represents an abstract quality; “she is the personification of optimism”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
personification (countable and uncountable, plural personifications)
A person, thing or name typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification.
A literary device in which an inanimate object or an idea is given human qualities.
An artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human
Source: Wiktionary
Per*son`i*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. personnification.]
1. The act of personifying; impersonation; embodiment. C. Knight.
2. (Rhet.)
Definition: A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract idea is represented as animated, or endowed with personality; prosopopas, the floods clap their hands. "Confusion heards his voice." Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 May 2025
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
