mountainside, versant
(noun) the side or slope of a mountain; “conifer forests cover the eastern versant”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
versant (comparative more versant, superlative most versant)
(archaic) experienced, practiced
conversant
(heraldry, not comparable) With the wings erect and open.
versant (plural versants)
a slope of a mountain or mountain ridge
the overall slope of a region
• servant, starven, taverns
Source: Wiktionary
Ver"sant, a. Etym: [L. versans, p. pr. versare to turn abound frequently, to turn over in the mind, to meditate. See Versatile.]
Definition: Familiar; conversant. [R.] Men not versant with courts of justice. Sydney Smith.
Ver"sant, n. Etym: [F.]
Definition: The slope of a side of a mountain chain; hence, the general slope of a country; aspect.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
