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.
MEROISTIC
Etymology
Adjective
meroistic (not comparable)
(biology) Describing ovaries (especially of insects) that secrete nutritive (yolk) material as well as ova
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• eroticism, isometric, microsite
Source: Wiktionary
Mer`o*is"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Applied to the ovaries of insects when they secrete vitelligenous cells, as well as ova.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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