Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
EPITASIS
Etymology
Noun
epitasis (countable and uncountable, plural epitases)
(ancient drama) The second part of a play, in which the action begins.
(rhetoric) The addition of a concluding sentence that merely emphasizes what has already been stated.
(obsolete) The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm.
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Source: Wiktionary
E*pit"a*sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.
1. That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the catastrophe; -- opposed to protasis.
2. (Med.)
Definition: The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm. Dunglison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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