Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
GALLIARD
Noun
galliard (countable and uncountable, plural galliards)
A lively dance, popular in 16th- and 17th-century Europe.
(music) The triple-time music for this dance.
(dated) A brisk, merry person.
(uncountable, Continental printing, dated) An intermediate size of type alternatively equated with brevier (by Didot points) or bourgeois (by Fournier points and by size).
Adjective
galliard (comparative more galliard, superlative most galliard)
(dated) Gay; brisk; active.
Source: Wiktionary
Gal"liard, a. Etym: [OE., fr. F. gaillard, perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. galach valiant, or AS. gagol, geagl, wanton, lascivious.]
Definition: Gay; brisk; active. [Obs.]
Gal"liard, n.
Definition: A brisk, gay man. [Obs.] Selden is a galliard by himself. Cleveland.
Gal"liard, n. Etym: [F. gaillarde, cf. Sp. gallarda. See Galliard, a.]
Definition: A gay, lively dance. Cf. Gailliarde. Never a hall such a galliard did grace. Sir. W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
30 March 2025
EVANGELICAL
(adjective) of or pertaining to or in keeping with the Christian gospel especially as in the first 4 books of the New Testament
Coffee Trivia
