In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
RUMINANT
ruminant
(adjective) related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud; “ruminant mammals”
ruminant
(noun) any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
ruminant (comparative more ruminant, superlative most ruminant)
Chewing cud.
Pondering; ruminative.
• G. K. Chesterton
Noun
ruminant (plural ruminants)
An artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud, such as a cow or deer.
Hyponyms
• See also ruminant
Source: Wiktionary
Ru"mi*nant, a. Etym: [L. ruminans, -antis, p.pr.: cf. F. ruminant. See Ruminate.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia.
Ru"mi*nant, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A ruminant animal; one of the Ruminantia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
30 January 2025
HYPERICISM
(noun) a severe dermatitis of herbivorous domestic animals attributable to photosensitivity from eating Saint John’s wort
Coffee Trivia
