DEADLINESS

deadliness, lethality

(noun) the quality of being deadly

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

deadliness (usually uncountable, plural deadlinesses)

The degree to which a thing is deadly.

The quality of being deadly.

Tedium, or the quality of being boring

Source: Wiktionary


Dead"li*ness, n.

Definition: The quality of being deadly.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ACERVULUS

(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi


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Coffee Trivia

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.

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