Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
COXCOMBICALLY
Etymology
Adverb
coxcombically (not comparable)
(obsolete) in the manner of a coxcomb
"Nowadays, the young people sit while their elders stand!" the Abbot succinctly said, riveting a curly-pated enfant de coeur lolling coxcombically beneath the nose of a doating Statilia.
Source: Wiktionary
COXCOMBICAL
Cox*comb"ic*al (kks-km"-kal), a.
Definition: Befitting or indicating a coxcomb; like a coxcomb; foppish; conceited.
– Cox*comb"ic*al*ly, adv. Studded all over in coxcombical fashion with little brass nails. W. Irving.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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