There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
DAZED
dazed, stunned, stupefied, stupid
(adjective) in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; “he had a dazed expression on his face”; “lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow”; “was stupid from fatigue”
dazed, foggy, groggy, logy, stuporous
(adjective) stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
dazed (comparative more dazed, superlative most dazed)
In a state of shock or confusion.
Stunned.
Verb
dazed
simple past tense and past participle of daze
Anagrams
• adzed
Source: Wiktionary
DAZE
Daze, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dazed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dazing.] Etym: [OE. dasen, prob. from Icel. dasask to become weary, a reflexive verb; cf. Sw. dasa to lie idle, and OD. daesen to be foolish, insane, daes, dwaes, D. dwaas, foolish, insane, AS. dw, dysig, stupid. Dizzy, Doze.]
Definition: To stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb. While flashing beams do daze his feeble eyen. Spenser. Such souls, Whose sudden visitations daze the world. Sir H. Taylor. He comes out of the room in a dazed state, that is an odd though a sufficient substitute for interest. Dickens.
Daze, n.
1. The state of being dazed; as, he was in a daze. [Colloq.]
2. (Mining)
Definition: A glittering stone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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