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.
MALEDICENT
Etymology
Adjective
maledicent (comparative more maledicent, superlative most maledicent)
(archaic) reproachful in speech
(archaic) slanderous
Source: Wiktionary
Mal`e*di"cent, a. Etym: [L. maledicens, p. pr. of maledicere to speak ill; male ill + dicere to say, speak. See Malice, and Diction.]
Definition: Speaking reproachfully; slanderous. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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