According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
pronouncings
plural of pronouncing
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*noun"cing, a.
Definition: Pertaining to, or indicating, pronunciation; as, a pronouncing dictionary.
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
25 October 2024
(noun) displaying a sense of being better than others; “he hated the white man’s superiority and condescension”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.