wake up and smell the coffee. Slang definitions & phrases for wake up and smell the coffee. wake up and smell the coffee. sentence. Become aware before it's too late: The legislators had better wake up and smell the coffee/ Why Bond Bulls Need to Wake Up, Smell the Coffee/ Wake up and smell where the money's going (1990s+) 14 Quotes for Daily Inspiration.
Definition of Blemmyes. : an ancient Ethiopian Hamitic people dwelling between the Nile and the Red sea.
2. a mark that detracts from appearance, as a pimple or a scar. 3. a defect or flaw; stain; blight: a blemish on one's record. blemiss-, long s. of ble(s)mir to make livid; see blaze 2 ]. blemâ²ishâ¢er, n. syn: See defect.