corked, corky
(adjective) (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin; “a corked port”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
corky (comparative corkier, superlative corkiest)
Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork.
Consisting of, or like, cork; dry; shrivelled.
• (like cork): suberose, suberous (in botany)
corky (plural corkies)
(Australia, slang) A deep bruise, usually on the leg or buttock, caused by a blow; a haematoma.
• (bruise): ecchymosis, contusion
• Rocky, rocky
Source: Wiktionary
Cork"y (-), a.
1. Consisting of, or like, cork; dry shriveled up. Bind fast hiss corky arms. Shak.
2. Tasting of cork.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
13 March 2025
(adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; “an accurate reproduction”; “the accounting was accurate”; “accurate measurements”; “an accurate scale”
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.
