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.
BUTTE
Butte
(noun) a town in southwestern Montana; center for mining copper
butte
(noun) a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
butte (plural buttes)
(US) An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top.
Coordinate term: mesa
Proper noun
Butte
A census-designated place in Alaska.
A city, the county seat of Silver Bow County, Montana, with which it is a consolidated city-county known as Butte-Silver Bow.
A county seat, Boyd County, Nebraska.
A city and village in North Dakota.
Source: Wiktionary
Butte, n. Etym: [F. See Butt a bound.]
Definition: A detached low mountain, or high rising abruptly from the general level of the surrounding plain; -- applied to peculiar elevations in the Rocky Mountain region. The creek . . . passes by two remarkable buttes of red conglomerate. Ruxton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
22 February 2025
ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
Coffee Trivia
