CINERITIOUS

Adjective

cineritious

cinereous

(anatomy) Related to the cinerea.

Source: Wiktionary


Cin`er*i"tious, a. Etym: [L. cineritius, cinericius, fr. cinis ashes.]

Definition: Like ashes; having the color of ashes, -- as the cortical substance of the brain.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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HYPOTHETICAL

(noun) a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.; “consider the following, just as a hypothetical”


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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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