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.
LEY
pasture, pastureland, grazing land, lea, ley
(noun) a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Ley
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ley is the 6,704th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5,037 individuals. Ley is most common among White (77.19%) and Hispanic/Latino (13.42%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Ely, lye, yel
Etymology 1
Noun
ley (plural leys)
Alternative spelling of lea
A ley line.
Adjective
ley (not comparable)
(agriculture) Fallow; unseeded.
(agriculture) Rotated to pasture instead of cropping.
Etymology 2
Noun
ley
Archaic form of lye.
Etymology 3
Noun
ley
(obsolete) Law.
Anagrams
• Ely, lye, yel
Source: Wiktionary
Ley, v. i.
Definition: , & i. To lay; to wager. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ley, n. Etym: [OF.]
Definition: Law. Abbott.
Ley, n. [Obs.]
Definition: See Lye.
Ley, n.
Definition: Grass or meadow land; a lea.
Ley, a.
Definition: Fallow; unseeded. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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