IRREPRESSIBLE

irrepressible, uncontrollable

(adjective) impossible to repress or control; “an irrepressible chatterbox”; “uncontrollable laughter”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

irrepressible (not generally comparable, comparative more irrepressible, superlative most irrepressible)

Not containable or controllable.

(of a person) Especially high-spirited, outspoken, or insistent.

Source: Wiktionary


Ir`re*press"i*ble, a.

Definition: Not capable of being repressed, restrained, or controlled; as, irrepressible joy; an irrepressible conflict. W. H. Steward.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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CURE

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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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