FRUITERIES

Noun

fruiteries

plural of fruitery

Source: Wiktionary


FRUITERY

Fruit"er*y, n.; pl. Fruiteries. Etym: [F. fruiterie place where fruit is kept, in OF. also, fruitage.]

1. Fruit, taken collectively; fruitage. J. Philips.

2. A repository for fruit. Johnson.

Source: Websterā€™s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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22 February 2025

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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ā€˜the father of the brideā€™ instead of ā€˜the brideā€™s fatherā€™


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The word ā€œcoffeeā€ entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch ā€œkoffie,ā€ borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish ā€œkahve,ā€ borrowed in turn from the Arabic ā€œqahwah.ā€ The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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