REINLESS

Etymology

Adjective

reinless (comparative more reinless, superlative most reinless)

Not having, or not governed by, reins.

(by extension) Not checked or restrained.

Source: Wiktionary


Rein"less (rn"ls), a.

Definition: Not having, or not governed by, reins; hence, not checked or restrained.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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CONVULSIVE

(adjective) affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm; ā€œconvulsive motionsā€; ā€œhis body made a spasmodic jerkā€; ā€œspastic movementsā€


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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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