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.
PATHOLOGIZE
Etymology
Verb
pathologize (third-person singular simple present pathologizes, present participle pathologizing, simple past and past participle pathologized)
(transitive) To characterize as a pathology or disease; to characterize (a person) as suffering from a disease.
Source: Wiktionary
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6 June 2025
PUNGENCY
(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”
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