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.
DOUBLET
doublet
(noun) a man’s close-fitting jacket; worn during the Renaissance
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
doublet (plural doublets)
A pair of two similar or equal things; couple.
(linguistics) One of two or more different words in a language derived from the same etymological root but having different phonological forms (e.g, toucher and toquer in French or shade and shadow in English).
(literature) In textual criticism, two different narrative accounts of the same actual event.
(lapidary) An imitation gem made of two pieces of glass or crystal with a layer of color between them.
(printing, US) A word or phrase set a second time by mistake.
(quantum mechanics) A quantum state of a system with a spin of ½, such that there are two allowed values of the spin component, −½ and +½.
(computing) A word (or rather, a halfword) consisting of two bytes.
(botany) A very small flowering plant, Dimeresia howellii.
A word ladder puzzle.
An arrangement of two lenses for a microscope, designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion, thus rendering the image of an object more clear and distinct.
Either of two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost.
(uncountable) A game somewhat like backgammon.
(radio) Dipole antenna.
Synonyms
• (pair of two similar things): duet, dyad; see also duo
Etymology 2
Noun
doublet (plural doublets)
A man’s close-fitting jacket, with or without sleeves, worn by European men from the 1400s to the 1600s.
Anagrams
• bled out, boulted, outbled
Source: Wiktionary
Doub"let, n. Etym: [In sense 3, OF. doublet; in sense 4, F. doublet, dim. of double double. See Double, a.]
1. Two of the same kind; a pair; a couple.
2. (Print.)
Definition: A word or words unintentionally doubled or set up a second time.
3. A close-fitting garment for men, covering the body from the neck to the waist or a little below. It was worn in Western Europe from the 15th to the 17th century.
4. (Lapidary Work)
Definition: A counterfeit gem, composed of two pieces of crystal, with a color them, and thus giving the appearance of a naturally colored gem. Also, a piece of paste or glass covered by a veneer of real stone.
5. (Opt.)
Definition: An arrangement of two lenses for a microscope, designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion, thus rendering the image of an object more clear and distinct. W. H. Wollaston.
6. pl. (See No. 1.)
Definition: Two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost; as, to throw doublets.
7. pl. Etym: [Cf. Pr. doblier, dobler draughtboard.]
Definition: A game somewhat like backgammon. Halliwell.
8. One of two or more words in the same language derived by different courses from the same original from; as, crypt and grot are doublets; also, guard and ward; yard and garden; abridge and abbreviate, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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