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.
ALURES
Noun
alures
plural of alure
Anagrams
• Larues, Lasure, Lauers, Lueras, saurel
Source: Wiktionary
ALURE
Al"ure, n. Etym: [OF. alure, aleure, walk, gait, fr. aler (F. aller) to go.]
Definition: A walk or passage; -- applied to passages of various kinds. The sides of every street were covered with fresh alures of marble. T. Warton.
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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