roundabouts
plural of roundabout
Source: Wiktionary
Round"a*bout`, a.
1. Circuitous; going round; indirect; as, roundabout speech. We have taken a terrible roundabout road. Burke.
2. Encircling; enveloping; comprehensive. "Large, sound, roundabout sense." Locke.
Round"a*bout`, n.
1. A horizontal wheel or frame, commonly with wooden horses, etc., on which children ride; a merry-go-round. Smart.
2. A dance performed in a circle. Goldsmith.
3. A short, close jacket worn by boys, sailors, etc.
4. A state or scene of constant change, or of recurring labor and vicissitude. Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 November 2024
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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.
