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.
BATTY
balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky
(adjective) informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; “it used to drive my husband balmy”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
batty (comparative battier, superlative battiest)
(slang) Mad, crazy, silly.
(obsolete) Belonging to, or resembling, a bat (mammal).
Etymology 2
From bottom, possibly influenced by bawtie or butt.
Noun
batty (plural batties)
(West Indian slang) The buttocks or anus.
(Jamaica, UK, derogatory) A homosexual man.
Proper noun
Batty (plural Battys)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Batty is the 13752nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2200 individuals. Batty is most common among White (82.18%) and Black/African American (11.5%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Bat"ty, a.
Definition: Belonging to, or resembling, a bat. "Batty wings." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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