There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
CLUBBY
clannish, cliquish, clubby, snobbish, snobby
(adjective) befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior
clubbish, clubby
(adjective) effusively sociable; “a clubbish set”; “we got rather clubby”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
clubby (comparative clubbier, superlative clubbiest)
Resembling or suggestive of a social club or clubhouse: congenial and exclusive.
(informal) Fond of frequenting nightclubs.
Usage notes
In the sense of “resembling or suggestive of a social club”, the emphasis can be more on the congeniality (friendly, treating all guests as welcome insiders: compare family diner) or on the exclusivity; compare cliquey.
Source: Wiktionary
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
2 April 2025
COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
Coffee Trivia
