There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
INEBRIATION
drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, tipsiness, insobriety
(noun) a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
alcoholism, alcohol addiction, inebriation, drunkenness
(noun) habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
inebriation (countable and uncountable, plural inebriations)
The state or characteristic of drunkenness.
Synonyms
• drunkenness, inebriacy; see also drunkenness
Antonyms
• See also drunkenness
Source: Wiktionary
In*e`bri*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. inebriatio.]
Definition: The condition of being inebriated; intoxication; figuratively, deprivation of sense and judgment by anything that exhilarates, as success. Sir T. Browne. Preserve him from the inebriation of prosperity. Macaulay.
Syn.
– See Drunkenness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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