You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
deferent, deferential, regardful
(adjective) showing deference
Source: WordNet® 3.1
deferent (comparative more deferent, superlative most deferent)
Showing deference.
(obsolete) Serving to carry; bearing.
deferent (plural deferents)
(anatomy) A deferent duct in the body, as opposed to an afferent one.
(obsolete) That which carries or conveys.
(obsolete, Ptolemaic astronomy) An imaginary circle surrounding the Earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the centre of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round.
Source: Wiktionary
Def"er*ent, a. Etym: [L. deferens, p. pr. of deferre. See 3d Defer.]
Definition: Serving to carry; bearing. [R.] "Bodies deferent." Bacon.
Def"er*ent, n.
1. That which carries or conveys. Though air be the most favorable deferent of sounds. Bacon.
2. (Ptolemaic Astron.)
Definition: An imaginary circle surrounding the earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the center of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 May 2025
(noun) a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines); “the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards”
You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.