UNBEKNOWNST

unbeknownst, unbeknown(p)

(adjective) (usually used with ‘to’) occurring or existing without the knowledge of; “a crisis unbeknown to me”; “she had been ill for months, unbeknownst to the family”

unbeknown, unbeknownst

(adverb) without someone’s knowledge; “unbeknownst to me, she made all the arrangements”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

unbeknownst (not comparable)

(followed by to) without the knowledge of

Synonyms

• unbeknown, unknown

Source: Wiktionary



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10 January 2025

INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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