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.
APIARY
apiary, bee house
(noun) a shed containing a number of beehives
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
apiary (plural apiaries)
A place where bees and their hives are kept.
Hyponyms
• beehive
Anagrams
• piraya
Source: Wiktionary
A"pi*a*ry, n. Etym: [L. apiarium, fr. apis bee.]
Definition: A place where bees are kept; a stand or shed for bees; a beehouse.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
(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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