Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
DEFLEXURE
Etymology
Noun
deflexure (plural deflexures)
A bending or turning aside; deflection.
Source: Wiktionary
De*flex"ure, n. Etym: [From L. deflectere, deflexum. See Deflect.]
Definition: A bending or turning aside; deflection. Bailey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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