You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
OUSTER
ouster, ousting
(noun) the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out
ouster
(noun) a wrongful dispossession
ouster, ejector
(noun) a person who ousts or supplants someone else
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
ouster (plural ousters)
(historical) A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection.
(property law) Action by a cotenant that prevents another cotenant from enjoying the use of jointly owned property.
(now chiefly US) Specifically, the forceful removal of a politician or regime from power; coup.
Verb
ouster (third-person singular simple present ousters, present participle oustering, simple past and past participle oustered)
To oust.
Etymology 2
Noun
ouster (plural ousters)
(UK) Someone who ousts.
Anagrams
• Souter, Toures, outers, rouets, routes, souter, touser, trouse
Source: Wiktionary
Oust"er, n. Etym: [Prob. fr. the OF. infin. oster, used substantively. See Oust.]
Definition: A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection; disseizin. Ouster of the freehold is effected by abatement, intrusion, disseizin, discontinuance, or deforcement. Blackstone. Ouster le main. Etym: [Ouster + F. la main the hand, L. manus.] (Law) A delivery of lands out of the hands of a guardian, or out of the king's hands, or a judgement given for that purpose. Blackstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
23 January 2025
LEFT
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
Coffee Trivia
