IMPEACHABLE

Etymology

Adjective

impeachable (comparative more impeachable, superlative most impeachable)

Able to be impeached (of a person).

That warrants impeachment (of an offence).

Source: Wiktionary


Im*peach"a*ble, a.

Definition: That may be impeached; liable to impeachment; chargeable with a crime. Owners of lands in fee simple are not impeachable for waste. Z. Swift.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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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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