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.
PAGER
beeper, pager
(noun) an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pager (plural pagers)
A wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice messages.
A computer program running in a text terminal, used to view (but not modify) the contents of a text file moving down the file one line or one screen at a time.
Synonyms
• beeper
Anagrams
• gaper, grape, parge
Source: Wiktionary
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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