crescive (comparative more crescive, superlative most crescive)
(archaic) Increasing or growing; marked by gradual spontaneous development.
• cervices, crevices
Source: Wiktionary
Cres"cive (krs"sv), a. Etym: [L. crescere to increase.]
Definition: Increasing; growing. [R.] Unseen, yet crescive in his faculty. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 May 2024
(noun) valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
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.
