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.
IMPSONITE
Etymology
Noun
impsonite (countable and uncountable, plural impsonites)
A black carbonaceous substance, believed to be derived from a fluid bitumen which polymerized after filling a vein.
Anagrams
• pimientos
Source: Wiktionary
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3 February 2025
CRAZY
(adjective) possessed by inordinate excitement; “the crowd went crazy”; “was crazy to try his new bicycle”
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