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.
INFLATED
hyperbolic, inflated
(adjective) enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness; “a hyperbolic style”
inflated, high-sounding, high-flown
(adjective) pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals); “high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school”; “a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
inflated (comparative more inflated, superlative most inflated)
Filled with air or fluid
Expanded; in a state of inflation, of abnormally increased size, amount, etc.
(economics): In a state of higher cost.
(figuratively) Pompous; arrogant (of a person or ego)
(figuratively) Containing excessive, meaningless words, particularly for show
Higher that the true figure
Synonyms
(filled with air, or expanded)
• bloated
• bulging
• expanded
• filled
• swelled
• swollen
• tumid
• turgid
(containing excessive words)
• bloated
• bombastic
• pompous
Antonyms
• deflated
Verb
inflated
simple past tense and past participle of inflate
Source: Wiktionary
In*flat"ed, a.
1. Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas.
2. Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style. Inflated and astrut with self-conceit. Cowper.
3. (Bot.)
Definition: Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp. Martyn.
4. Distended or enlarged fictitiously; as, inflated prices, etc.
INFLATE
In*flate", p. a. Etym: [L. inflatus, p.p. of inflare to inflate; pref. in- in + flare to blow. See Blow to puff wind.]
Definition: Blown in; inflated. Chaucer.
In*flate", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inflated; p. pr. & vb. n. Inflating.]
1. To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand; to enlarge; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the lungs. When passion's tumults in the bosom rise, Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes. J. Scott of Amwell.
2. Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity. Inflate themselves with some insane delight. Tennyson.
3. To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to inflate the currency.
In*flate", v. i.
Definition: To expand; to fill; to distend.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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