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.
BASHFUL
bashful, blate
(adjective) disposed to avoid notice; “they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren’t bashful about letting anybody know it”; (‘blate’ is a Scottish term for bashful)
bashful
(adjective) self-consciously timid; “I never laughed, being bashful; lowering my head, I looked at the wall”- Ezra Pound
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
bashful (comparative more bashful, superlative most bashful)
Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid.
Indicating bashfulness.
Synonyms
• shy
• See also shy
Source: Wiktionary
Bash"ful, a. Etym: [See Bash.]
1. Abashed; daunted; dismayed. [Obs.]
2. Very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice; indicating extreme or excessive modesty; shy; as, a bashful person, action, expression.
Syn.
– Diffident; retiring; reserved; shamefaced; sheepish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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