SINUATING

Etymology

Adjective

sinuating (comparative more sinuating, superlative most sinuating)

Curvy or wavy.

Verb

sinuating

present participle of sinuate

Source: Wiktionary


SINUATE

Sin"u*ate, a. Etym: [L. sinuatus, p. p. of sinuare to wind, bend, fr. sinus a bend.]

Definition: Having the margin alternately curved inward and outward; having rounded lobes separated by rounded sinuses; sinuous; wavy.

Sin"u*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sinuated; p. pr. & vb. n. Sinuating.]

Definition: To bend or curve in and out; to wind; to turn; to be sinusous. Woodward.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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2 January 2025

AFOREMENTIONED

(adjective) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of; “works of all the aforementioned authors”; “said party has denied the charges”


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Coffee Trivia

Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.

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