rostrate
(adjective) having a beak or beaklike snout or proboscis
Source: WordNet® 3.1
rostrate (comparative more rostrate, superlative most rostrate)
Having a process resembling the beak of a bird; beaked; rostellate.
Furnished or adorned with beaks.
• See beaky
Source: Wiktionary
Ros"trate, Ros"tra*ted, a. Etym: [L. rostratus, fr. rostrum a beak. See Rostrum.]
1. Having a process resembling the beak of a bird; beaked; rostellate.
2. Furnished or adorned with beaks; as, rostrated galleys.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 May 2025
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
