thalassic
(adjective) relating to the seas, especially smaller or inland seas; “deposits of sediment in gulfs and seas rather than in the ocean proper are known as thalassic deposits”- Scientific American
Source: WordNet® 3.1
thalassic (comparative more thalassic, superlative most thalassic)
of or relating to seas and oceans
pelagic
• Used more often of smaller, or inland seas, as opposed to oceanic.
Source: Wiktionary
Tha*las"sic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Geol.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the sea; -- sometimes applied to rocks formed from sediments deposited upon the sea bottom.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 July 2025
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
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.
