riant, laughing(a)
(adjective) showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness; “laughing children”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
riant (comparative more riant, superlative most riant)
When said of a person or a person's manner: mirthful, cheerful, smiling, light-hearted.
When said of place, landscape or view: having a pleasant appearance, looking bright or cheerful.
• Tarin, Tiran, Train, Trina, atrin, intra-, tairn, tarin, train
Source: Wiktionary
Ri`ant", a. Etym: [F. riant, p. pr. of rire to laugh, L. ridere.]
Definition: Laughing; laughable; exciting gayety; gay; merry; delightful to the view, as a landscape. In such cases the sublimity must be drawn from the other sources, with a strict caution, howewer, against anything light and riant. Burke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
