You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
FOISON
Etymology
Noun
foison (plural foisons)
(archaic) An abundance, a rich supply of.
(archaic) Harvest.
(chiefly, Scotland) Strength, power.
Source: Wiktionary
Foi"son, n. Etym: [F. foison, fr. L. fusio a pouring, effusion. See Fusion.]
Definition: Rich harvest; plenty; abundance. [Archaic] Lowell. That from the seedness the bare fallow brings To teeming foison. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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