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.
HYDROPIC
Etymology
Adjective
hydropic (comparative more hydropic, superlative most hydropic)
dropsical; pertaining to or suffering from dropsy.
(obsolete) Insatiably thirsty (like someone with dropsy).
Swollen with water; characterized by swelling and accumulation of fluid.
(biology, of an egg) Having a yolk deficiency
Source: Wiktionary
Hy*drop"ic, Hy*drop"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. hydropicus, Gr. hydropique. See Dropsy.]
Definition: Dropsical, or resembling dropsy. Every lust is a kind of hydropic distemper, and the more we drink the more we shall thirst. Tillotson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PRESCRIPTIVE
(adjective) pertaining to giving directives or rules; “prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage”
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