temporizer, temporiser
(noun) someone who temporizes; someone who tries to gain time or who waits for a favorable time
Source: WordNet® 3.1
temporizer (plural temporizers)
A person who temporizes
I pronounce thee a hovering temporizer, that Canst with thine eyes at once see good and evil, Inclining to them both.
Source: Wiktionary
Tem"po*ri`zer, n.
Definition: One who temporizes; one who yields to the time, or complies with the prevailing opinions, fashions, or occasions; a trimmer. A sort of temporizers, ready to embrace and maintain all that is, or shall be, proposed, in hope of preferment. Burton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 November 2024
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
