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.
HOMELYNS
Noun
homelyns
plural of homelyn
Source: Wiktionary
HOMELYN
Home"lyn, n. Etym: [Scot. hommelin.] (Zoöl)
Definition: The European sand ray (Raia maculata); -- called also home, mirror ray, and rough ray.
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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