Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
AGONISTIC
agonistic, strained
(adjective) struggling for effect; “agonistic poses”
agonistic, agonistical, combative
(adjective) striving to overcome in argument; “a dialectical and agonistic approach”
agonistic
(adjective) of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
agonistic (comparative more agonistic, superlative most agonistic)
of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks; athletic
(zoology, anthropology) characterised by conflict or hostility
(rhetoric) argumentative; combative
Struggling to achieve an effect; strained and contrived.
(pharmaceutical effect, biochemistry) pertaining to an agonist
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Ag`o*nis"tic, Ag`o*nis"tic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. Agonism.]
Definition: Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural. As a scholar, he [Dr. Parr] was brilliant, but he consumed his power in agonistic displays. De Quincey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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