Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
marked, pronounced
(adjective) strongly marked; easily noticeable; “walked with a marked limp”; “a pronounced flavor of cinnamon”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pronounced (comparative more pronounced, superlative most pronounced)
uttered, articulated.
strongly marked.
pronounced
simple past tense and past participle of pronounce
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*nounced", a. Etym: [F. prononcé.]
Definition: Strongly marked; unequivocal; decided.
Note: [A Gallicism] [His] views became every day more pronounced. Thackeray.
Pro*nounce", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pronounced; p. pr. & vb. n. Pronounging.] Etym: [F. prononcer, L. pronunciare; pro before, forth + nunciare, nuntiare, to announce. See Announce.]
1. To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn to pronounce a foreign language correctly.
2. To utter officially or solemnly; to deliver, as a decree or sentence; as, to pronounce sentence of death. Sternly he pronounced The rigid interdiction. Milton.
3. To speak or utter rhetorically; to deliver; to recite; as, to pronounce an oration. Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you. Shak.
4. To declare or affirm; as, he pronounced the book to be a libel; he pronounced the act to be a fraud. The God who hallowed thee and blessed, Pronouncing thee all good. Keble.
Syn.
– To deliver; utter; speak. See Deliver.
Pro*nounce", v. i.
1. To give a pronunciation; to articulate; as, to pronounce faultlessly. Earle.
2. To make declaration; to utter on opinion; to speak with confidence. [R.] Dr. H. More.
Pro*nounce", n.
Definition: Pronouncement; declaration; pronunciation. [Obs.] Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 November 2024
(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.