According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
CONSUMPTIVES
Noun
consumptives
plural of consumptive
Source: Wiktionary
CONSUMPTIVE
Con*sump"tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. consomptif.]
1. Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting. It [prayer] is not consumptive or our time. Sharp. A long consumptive war. Addison.
2. (Med.)
Definition: Affected with, or inclined to, consumption. The lean, consumptive wench, with coughs decayed. Dryden.
Con*sump"tive, n.
Definition: One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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