ADVERSENESS

Etymology

Noun

adverseness (usually uncountable, plural adversenesses)

The state or quality of being adverse, or opposed.

Source: Wiktionary


Ad"verse*ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being adverse; opposition.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SALTWORT

(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash


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Coffee Trivia

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.

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