EXCENTRIC

Etymology

Adjective

excentric (comparative more excentric, superlative most excentric)

Alternative form of eccentric

(botany) One-sided; having the normally central portion not in the true center.

Noun

excentric (plural excentrics)

Alternative form of eccentric (disk or wheel with off-centre axis)

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*cen"tric, Ex*cen"tric*al, a.

1. Same as Eccentric, Eccentrical.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: One-sided; having the normally central portion not in the true center. Gray.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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HABIT

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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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