The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
ADOS
Noun
ados
plural of ado
Anagrams
• AOSD, daos, dosa, odas, soda
Source: Wiktionary
ADO
A*do", (1) v. inf., (2) n. Etym: [OE. at do, northern form for to do. Cf. Affair.]
1. To do; in doing; as, there is nothing. "What is here ado" J. Newton.
2. Doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles. With much ado, he partly kept awake. Dryden. Let's follow to see the end of this ado. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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