DRYASDUST

Etymology

Noun

dryasdust (plural dryasdusts)

A dull, boring or pedantic speaker or writer.

Adjective

dryasdust (not comparable)

Having the qualities of a dryasdust.

Source: Wiktionary



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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