Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
DRIVEL
drool, dribble, drivel, slobber
(noun) saliva spilling from the mouth
drivel, garbage
(noun) a worthless message
drivel, drool, slabber, slaver, slobber, dribble
(verb) let saliva drivel from the mouth; “The baby drooled”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
drivel (countable and uncountable, plural drivels)
senseless talk; nonsense
saliva, drool
(obsolete) A fool; an idiot.
Verb
drivel (third-person singular simple present drivels, present participle drivelling or (US) driveling, simple past and past participle drivelled or (US) driveled)
To have saliva drip from the mouth; to drool.
To talk nonsense; to talk senselessly.
To be weak or foolish; to dote.
Synonyms
• (have saliva drip from the mouth): drool
• (talk nonsense): See also nonsense.
Etymology 2
Compare Old Dutch drevel, "a scullion".
Noun
drivel (plural drivels)
(obsolete) A servant; a drudge.
Anagrams
• drevil
Source: Wiktionary
Driv"el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Driveled or Drivelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Driveling or Drivelling.] Etym: [Cf. OE. dravelen, drabelen, drevelen, drivelen, to slaver, and E. drabble. Cf. Drool.]
1. To slaver; to let spittle drop or flow from the mouth, like a child, idiot, or dotard.
2. Etym: [Perh. a different word: cf. Icel. drafa to talk thick.]
Definition: To be weak or foolish; to dote; as, a driveling hero; driveling love. Shak. Dryden.
Driv"el, n.
1. Slaver; saliva flowing from the mouth.
2. Inarticulate or unmeaning utterance; foolish talk; babble.
3. A driveler; a fool; an idiot. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
4. A servant; a drudge. [Obs.] Huloet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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