zoism (uncountable)
(dated) Reverence for animal life or belief in animal powers and influences, as among primitive groups.
(dated) A former doctrine claiming that the phenomena of life are due to a peculiar vital principle; the theory of vital force.
Source: Wiktionary
Zo"ism, n. [Gr. zwh` life + -ism.]
1. Reverence for animal life or belief in animal powers and influences, as among savages.
2. (Biol.) A doctrine, now discarded, that the phenomena of life are due to a peculiar vital principle; the theory of vital force.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 June 2025
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
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.
