SUPPARASITATION

Sup*par`a*si*ta"tion, n. Etym: [See Supparasite.]

Definition: The act of flattering to gain favor; servile approbation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

18 May 2024

SUNLIT

(adjective) lighted by sunlight; “the sunlit slopes of the canyon”; “violet valleys and the sunstruck ridges”- Wallace Stegner


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Coffee Trivia

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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