As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
repined
simple past tense and past participle of repine
• Dnieper, pederin, red pine, ripened
Source: Wiktionary
Re*pine" (r-pn"), v. i. Etym: [Pref. re- + pine to languish.]
1. To fail; to wane. [Obs.] "Reppening courage yields no foot to foe." Spenser.
2. To continue pining; to feel inward discontent which preys on the spirits; to indulge in envy or complaint; to murmur. But Lachesis thereat gan to repine. Spenser. What if the head, the eye, or ear repined To serve mere engines to the ruling mind Pope.
Re*pine", n.
Definition: Vexation; mortification. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.