SEMIDETACHED

semidetached

(adjective) attached on one side only; “a semidetached house”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

semidetached (not comparable)

Alternative spelling of semi-detached

Noun

semidetached (plural semidetacheds)

Alternative spelling of semi-detached

Source: Wiktionary


Sem`i*de*tached", a.

Definition: Half detached; partly distinct or separate. Semidetached house, one of two tenements under a single roof, but separated by a party wall. [Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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10 May 2025

BEATIFY

(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”


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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.

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