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.
CROWDER
Etymology 1
Noun
crowder (plural crowders)
One who crowds or pushes.
Etymology 2
Noun
crowder (plural crowders)
One who plays on a crwth, a string instrument of Welsh origin; a fiddler.
Proper noun
Crowder
An occupational surname for a crowder, or someone who plays a crwth.
A town in Mississippi.
A town in Oklahoma.
Source: Wiktionary
Crowd"er (kroud"r), n.
Definition: One who plays on a crowd; a fiddler. [Obs.] "Some blind crowder." Sir P. Sidney.
Crowd"er, n.
Definition: One who crowds or pushes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNINFORMATIVELY
(adverb) in an uninformative manner; “‘I can’t tell you when the manager will arrive,’ he said rather uninformatively”
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