โCoffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.โ โ Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States
hocused
simple past tense and past participle of hocus
• choused, douches
Source: Wiktionary
Ho"cus, v. t. Etym: [See Hocus-pocus.]
1. To deceive or cheat. Halliwell.
2. To adulterate; to drug; as, liquor is said to be hocused for the purpose of stupefying the drinker. Dickens.
3. To stupefy with drugged liquor. Thackeray.
Ho"cus, n.
1. One who cheats or deceives. South.
2. Drugged liquor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
โCoffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.โ โ Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States