Xebec (noun)
zee-bek
A small three-masted Mediterranean sailing ship with lateen and square sails.
Mid 18th century: alteration (influenced by Spanish xabeque) of French chebec, via Italian from Arabic šabbāk.
Example sentences
“The xebecs outmanoeuvred the British vessels without problems.”
Meraki (Μεράκι) (Greek) (noun) me-rah-kee To do something with soul, creativity, and love. When someone cooks with meraki, builds with meraki, writes with meraki, they’ve poured themselves into it. Derived…
