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.
COLEOPTERANS
Noun
coleopterans
plural of coleopteran
Source: Wiktionary
COLEOPTERAN
Co`le*op"ter*an, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the order of Coleoptera.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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