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.
ARMINIUS
Arminius, Armin, Hermann
(noun) German hero; leader at the battle of Teutoburger Wald in AD 9 (circa 18 BC - AD 19)
Arminius, Jacobus Arminius, Jacob Harmensen, Jakob Hermandszoon
(noun) Dutch Protestant theologian who founded Arminianism which opposed the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin (1559-1609)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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THOUGHTLESS
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
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