SORENESS

discomfort, soreness, irritation

(noun) an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress

tenderness, soreness, rawness

(noun) a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched); “the best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness”; “after taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

soreness (usually uncountable, plural sorenesses)

The property, state, or condition of being sore; painfulness.

Anagrams

• roseness

Source: Wiktionary


Sore"ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being sore; tenderness; painfull; as, the soreness of a wound; the soreness of an affliction.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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26 November 2024

TRANSPOSITION

(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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