JOE

Etymology 1

Noun

joe (plural joes)

(informal) A male; a guy; a fellow.

Etymology 2

Noun

joe (countable and uncountable, plural joes)

(chiefly, US, informal) Coffee.

Etymology 3

Noun

joe (plural joes)

(Scotland) Alternative form of jo (“a darling or sweetheart”)

Etymology

Diminutive form of Joseph and, less often, of Joel, Josiah and Josias

Proper noun

Joe

A common nickname for Joseph, also used as a formal male given name.

A female given name, a form of Joanne or Josephine.

Noun

Joe (plural Joes)

(informal) A male; a guy; a fellow.

Source: Wiktionary


Joe, n.

Definition: See Johannes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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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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