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.
EXCRETE
excrete, egest, eliminate, pass
(verb) eliminate from the body; “Pass a kidney stone”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
excrete (third-person singular simple present excretes, present participle excreting, simple past and past participle excreted)
(biology, ambitransitive) To discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or system.
Synonyms
• See urinate and defecate
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*crete", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excreted; p. pr. & vb. n. Excreting.] Etym: [L. excretus, p. p. of excernere to sift out, discharge; ex out + cernere to sift, separate. See Crisis.]
Definition: To separate and throw off; to excrete urine. "The mucus thus excreted." Hooper.
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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