You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
FROSTBITTEN
frostbitten
(adjective) injured by freezing or partial freezing; “frostbitten fingers”; “frostbitten grapes unsalable as fresh fruit”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
frostbitten
Affected by frostbite.
Source: Wiktionary
Frost`-bit"ten, p. a.
Definition: Nipped, withered, or injured, by frost or freezing.
FROSTBITE
Frost"bite, n.
Definition: The freezing, or effect of a freezing, of some part of the body, as the ears or nose. Kane.
Frost`bite", v. t.
Definition: To expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight or nip with frost. My wife up and with Mrs. Pen to walk in the fields to frostbite themselves. Pepys.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
18 October 2024
GRIEVOUS
(adjective) causing or marked by grief or anguish; “a grievous loss”; “a grievous cry”; “her sigh was heartbreaking”; “the heartrending words of Rabin’s granddaughter”
Coffee Trivia
