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.
CREPS
Noun
creps pl (plural only)
(UK, Multicultural London English, slang) trainers (sports shoes)
Noun
creps pl (plural only)
(medicine, colloquial) Crepitations.
Anagrams
• Percs
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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