The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.
MANNISH
mannish
(adjective) characteristic of a man as distinguished from a woman; “true mannish arrogance”
mannish
(adjective) resembling or imitative of or suggestive of a man rather than a woman; “a mannish stride”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
mannish (comparative more mannish, superlative most mannish)
(of a woman) Resembling or characteristic of a man, masculine. [from 16th c. (from 14th c. in Middle English)]
Synonyms: butch, masculine, unladylike
Resembling or characteristic of a grown man (as opposed to a boy); mature, adult. [from 16th c.]
Synonyms: manly, grown up
(Caribbean, Guyana) Impertinent; assertive. [from 19th c.]
(archaic) Resembling or characteristic of a human being, in form or nature; human. [from 16th c. (from 9th c. in Anglo-Saxon)]
Anagrams
• Hinmans
Source: Wiktionary
Man"nish, a. Etym: [Man + -ish: cf. AS. mennisc, menisc.]
1. Resembling a human being in form or nature; human. Chaucer. But yet it was a figure Most like to mannish creature. Gower.
2. Resembling, suitable to, or characteristic of, a man, manlike, masculine. Chaucer. A woman impudent and mannish grown. Shak.
3. Fond of men; -- said of a woman. [Obs.] Chaucer.
– Man"nish*ly,adv.
– Man"nish*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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