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.
FORBODE
Etymology 1
Noun
forbode (plural forbodes)
(archaic) A forbidding, a prohibition; a command forbidding a thing.
Etymology 2
Verb
forbode
obsolete simple past of forbid.
Etymology 3
Verb
forbode (third-person singular simple present forbodes, present participle forboding, simple past and past participle forboded)
Alternative form of forebode
Source: Wiktionary
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THOUGHTLESS
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
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