Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
CIRCUMFORANEAN
Etymology
Adjective
circumforanean (comparative more circumforanean, superlative most circumforanean)
(obsolete) Wandering from market to market; vagabond, itinerant.
[…] I am the bolder to insert, as not borrowed from circumforanean rogues and gypsies, but out of the writings of worthy philosophers and physicians […]
Source: Wiktionary
Cir`cum*fo*ra"ne*an, Cir`cum*fo*ra"ne*ous, a. Etym: [L. circumforaneus found in markets; circum + forum a market place.]
Definition: Going about or abroad; walking or wandering from house to house. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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