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.
INHUME
bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest
(verb) place in a grave or tomb; “Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square”; “The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids”; “My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
inhume (third-person singular simple present inhumes, present participle inhuming, simple past and past participle inhumed)
(transitive) To bury in a grave.
Synonyms
• bury, entomb, inter
Antonyms
• dig up, disentomb, disinter, exhume, unearth
Anagrams
• humine
Source: Wiktionary
In*hume", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inhumed; p. pr. & vb. n. Inhuming.] Etym: [Cf. F. inhumer. See Inhumate.]
1. To deposit, as a dead body, in the earth; to bury; to inter. Weeping they bear the mangled heaps of slain, Inhume the natives in their native plain. Pope.
2. To bury or place in warm earth for chemical or medicinal purposes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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