The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
QUADRAGESIMAL
Etymology
Adjective
quadragesimal (not comparable)
That lasts forty days
Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten
Source: Wiktionary
Quad`ra*ges"i*mal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. quadragésimal.]
Definition: Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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10 January 2025
INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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