semblant (plural semblants)
(obsolete) One's outward appearance.
semblant (comparative more semblant, superlative most semblant)
(obsolete) Like; resembling.
(obsolete) Seeming, rather than real; apparent.
Source: Wiktionary
Sem"blant, a. Etym: [F. semblant, p. pr.]
1. Like; resembling. [Obs.] Prior.
2. Seeming, rather than real; apparent. [R.] Carlyle.
Sem"blant, n. Etym: [F.]
1. Show; appearance; figure; semblance. [Obs.] Spenser. His flatterers made semblant of weeping. Chaucer.
2. The face. [Obs.] Wyclif (Luke xxiv. 5).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 February 2025
(noun) an abnormal enlargement of the colon; can be congenital (as in Hirschsprung’s disease) or acquired (as when children refuse to defecate)
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.
