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.
EMPIERCE
Etymology
Verb
empierce (third-person singular simple present empierces, present participle empiercing, simple past and past participle empierced)
(now rare) To pierce through.
Source: Wiktionary
Em*pierce", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- + pierce. Cf. Impierce.]
Definition: To pierce; to impierce. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNINFORMATIVELY
(adverb) in an uninformative manner; “‘I can’t tell you when the manager will arrive,’ he said rather uninformatively”
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