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.
GRAYNESS
gray, grayness, grey, greyness
(noun) a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
grayness (countable and uncountable, plural graynesses)
Alternative form of greyness
Source: Wiktionary
Gray"ness, n.
Definition: The quality of being gray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SOLICITOUSLY
(adverb) in a concerned and solicitous manner; “‘Don’t you feel well?’ his mother asked solicitously”
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