GREYLY

grayly, greyly

(adverb) having a grey appearance; “lonely creeks are opal in the dawn, sword-blue in the sun, greyly silver under misty moons”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

greyly (comparative more greyly, superlative most greyly)

In a grey way; in partial light.

With a dreary or gloomy countenance.

Source: Wiktionary


GREY

Grey, a.

Definition: See Gray (the correct orthography).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ACERVULUS

(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi


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Coffee Trivia

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.

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