TRANSILIENCIES

Noun

transiliencies

plural of transiliency

Source: Wiktionary


TRANSILIENCY

Tran*sil"i*ence, Tran*sil"i*en*cy, n. Etym: [L. transiliens, p. pr. of transilire to leap across or over; trans across, over + salire to leap.]

Definition: A leap across or from one thing to another. [R.] "An unadvised transiliency." Glanvill.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

18 May 2025

OBLIQUE

(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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