similes
plural of simile
• mislies, missile, slimies, smilies
Source: Wiktionary
Simi"*le, n.; pl. Similes. Etym: [L., from similis. See Similar.] (Rhet.)
Definition: A word or phrase by which anything is likened, in one or more of its aspects, to something else; a similitude; a poetical or imaginative comparison. A good swift simile, but something currish. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 May 2025
(adjective) having three units or components or elements; “a ternary operation”; “a treble row of red beads”; “overcrowding made triple sessions necessary”; “triple time has three beats per measure”; “triplex windows”
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.
