THROATINESS

Etymology

Noun

throatiness (uncountable)

(with reference to a voice) The property of being throaty; roughness, coarseness.

(with reference to a sheep or dog) The property of having a dewlap or excess skin hanging under the neck.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

18 November 2024

AWRY

(adjective) not functioning properly; “something is amiss”; “has gone completely haywire”; “something is wrong with the engine”


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Coffee Trivia

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.

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