acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, Zen
(noun) street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
Zen, Zen Buddhism
(noun) a Buddhist doctrine that enlightenment can be attained through direct intuitive insight
Zen, Zen Buddhism
(noun) school of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith; China and Japan
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Zen (uncountable)
(religion) A denomination of Buddhism elaborated in Japan.
(religion) Profound meditation within that denomination of Buddhism.
(informal) A philosophy of calm, reminiscent of that of the Buddhist denomination.
Usually capitalized in all senses, almost always when talking about the denomination proper (compare Catholicism), usually but less often when referring to a looser sense of the philosophy or calm: “That’s very zen.” versus “She studies Zen Buddhism.”
Zen (comparative more Zen, superlative most Zen)
(colloquial) Extremely relaxed and collected.
• Enz, NZE
zen (uncountable)
(religion) A denomination of Buddhism.
(religion) Profound meditation within that denomination of Buddhism.
An approach to an activity, skill, or subject that emphasizes simplicity and intuition rather than conventional thinking or fixation on goals.
Often capitalized, similar to a proper noun, when talking about the denomination proper (compare Catholicism),
rather than the philosophy or calm: “That’s very zen.” versus “She studies Zen Buddhism.”
• (approach emphasizing simplicity etc): tao
zen (comparative more zen, superlative most zen)
(religion) Pertaining to this denomination of Buddhism.
(colloquial) Enlightened, unburdened and free of worries; chill, extremely relaxed and collected.
• Enz, NZE
Source: Wiktionary
19 April 2024
(verb) hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty; “The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks”
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.
