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.
EXTRADOS
extrados
(noun) the exterior curve of an arch
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
extrados (plural extradoses or extrados)
(architecture) The outer or upper curve of an arch.
Coordinate terms
• intrados
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*tra"dos, n. Etym: [F.; pref. extra outside + dos (L. dorsum) the back.] (Arch.)
Definition: The exterior curve of an arch; esp., the upper curved face of the whole body of voussoirs. See Intrados.
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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