BLAMEFUL

blameworthy, blamable, blameable, blameful, censurable, culpable

(adjective) deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious; “blameworthy if not criminal behavior”; “censurable misconduct”; “culpable negligence”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

blameful (comparative more blameful, superlative most blameful)

That imputes or conveys blame

blameworthy

Source: Wiktionary


Blame"ful, a.

1. Faulty; meriting blame. Shak.

2. Attributing blame or fault; implying or conveying censure; faultfinding; censorious. Chaucer.

– Blame"ful*ly, adv.

– Blame"ful*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

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.

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