Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
LANGUOROUS
dreamy, lackadaisical, languid, languorous
(adjective) lacking spirit or liveliness; “a lackadaisical attempt”; “a languid mood”; “a languid wave of the hand”; “a hot languorous afternoon”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
languorous (comparative more languorous, superlative most languorous)
lacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality; languid, lackadaisical.
Source: Wiktionary
Lan"guor*ous, a. Etym: [From Languor: cf. F. langoureux.]
Definition: Producing, or tending to produce, languor; characterized by languor. [Obs. or Poetic] Whom late I left in languorous constraint. Spenser. To wile the length from languorous hours, and draw The sting from pain. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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