The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
SYLVANIUM
Syl*va"ni*um, n. Etym: [NL., so called from Transylvania, where it was first found.] (Chem.)
Definition: An old name for tellurium. [Written also silvanium.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
19 April 2025
CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
Coffee Trivia
