Tallis, Thomas Tallis
(noun) English organist and composer of church and secular music; was granted a monopoly in music printing with William Byrd (1505-1585)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tallis (plural tallises or talleitim or tallisim or tallism)
Alternative form of tallit
A variant primarily used by Ashkenazic Jews and Yiddish speakers.
• aillts, allist
Source: Wiktionary
Tal"lis, n.
Definition: Same as Tallith.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
