Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
OPPROBRIOUSLY
Etymology
Adverb
opprobriously (comparative more opprobriously, superlative most opprobriously)
In an opprobrious manner.
Source: Wiktionary
OPPROBRIOUS
Op*pro"bri*ous, a. Etym: [L. opprobriosus, fr. opprobrium. See Opprobrium.]
1. Expressive of opprobrium; attaching disgrace; reproachful; scurrilous; as, opprobrious language. They . . . vindicate themselves in terms no less opprobrious than those by which they are attacked. Addison.
2. Infamous; despised; rendered hateful; as, an opprobrious name. This dark, opprobrious den of shame. Milton.
– Op*pro"bri*ous*ly, adv.
– Op*pro"bri*ous*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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