Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
GROVELING
cringing, groveling, grovelling, wormlike, wormy
(adjective) totally submissive
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
groveling
(US) present participle of grovel
Noun
groveling (plural grovelings)
The act of one who grovels.
Source: Wiktionary
Grov"el*ing, a.
Definition: Lying prone; low; debased. [Written also grovelling.] "A groveling creature." Cowper.
GROVEL
Grov"el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Groveled or Grovelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Groveling or Grovelling.] Etym: [From OE. grovelinge, grufelinge, adv., on the face, prone, which was misunderstood as a p. pr.; cf. OE. gruf, groff, in the same sense; of Scand. origin, cf. Icel. grufa, in a grufu on the face, prone, grufa to grovel.]
1. To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the earth; to lie fiat on one's belly, expressive of abjectness; to crawl. To creep and grovel on the ground. Dryden.
2. To tend toward, or delight in, what is sensual or base; to be low, abject, or mean.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BRIGHT
(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
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