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.
ELVANITE
Etymology
Noun
elvanite (countable and uncountable, plural elvanites)
elvan
Anagrams
• Valiente, evential, ventaile
Source: Wiktionary
Elv"an, Elv"an*ite, n.
Definition: The rock of an elvan vein, or the elvan vein itself; an elvan course.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CRAZY
(adjective) possessed by inordinate excitement; “the crowd went crazy”; “was crazy to try his new bicycle”
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