“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States
So named because the playing pieces have two differently colored sides, which are reversed when captured to indicate that they are now the capturer's.
reversi (uncountable)
A strategy game for two players, areas of the board being captured by surrounding rows of the opponent's pieces with one's own.
The card game reversis.
• Othello (a trademark)
• reivers, reviser, rievers
Source: Wiktionary
18 May 2025
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States