TETEATETE

TĂȘte`-Ă -tĂȘte", n. Etym: [F., head to head. See Tester a covering, Test a cupel.]

1. Private conversation; familiar interview or conference of two persons.

2. A short sofa intended to accomodate two persons.

TĂȘte`-Ă -tĂȘte", a.

Definition: Private; confidential; familiar. She avoided tĂȘte-Ă -tĂȘte walks with him. C. Kingsley.

TĂȘte`-Ă -tĂȘte", adv.

Definition: Face to face; privately or confidentially; familiarly. Prior.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

2 July 2025

RESTITUTION

(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”


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Coffee Trivia

The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.

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