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.
ORNITHOID
Etymology
Adjective
ornithoid (comparative more ornithoid, superlative most ornithoid)
Resembling or characteristic of a bird.
Noun
ornithoid (plural ornithoids)
(scifi, fantasy) Any bird-like creature.
Source: Wiktionary
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PUNGENCY
(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”
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