Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
-oid. Etym: [Gr. wit: cf.F. -oïde, L. -oïdes.]
Definition: A suffix or combining form meaning like, resembling, in the form of; as in anthropoid, asteroid, spheroid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 March 2025
(adjective) (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply; “staccato applause”; “a staccato command”; “staccato notes”
Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.