PROLONGER

Etymology

Noun

prolonger (plural prolongers)

One who or that which prolongs, or lengthens in time or space.

Source: Wiktionary


Pro*long"er, n.

Definition: One who, or that which, causes an extension in time or space.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

29 May 2024

PERESTROIKA

(noun) an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy


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Coffee Trivia

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.

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