OVERWETTING

Verb

overwetting

present participle of overwet

Source: Wiktionary


OVERWET

O"ver*wet, n.

Definition: Excessive wetness. [Obs.] Another ill accident is, overwet at sowing time. Bacon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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Coffee Trivia

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.

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