Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
PERVERSEST
Adjective
perversest
superlative form of perverse: most perverse
Anagrams
• pervertess, preservest
Source: Wiktionary
PERVERSE
Per*verse", a. Etym: [L. perversus turned the wrong way, not right, p.p. of pervertereto turn around, to overturn: cf. F. pervers. See Pervert.]
1. Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted. The only righteous in a word perverse. Milton.
2. Obstinate in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary. To so perverse a sex all grace is vain. Dryden.
Syn.
– Froward; untoward; wayward; stubborn; ungovernable; intractable; cross; petulant; vexatious.
– Perverse, Froward. One who is froward is capricious, and reluctant to obey. One who is perverse has a settled obstinacy of will, and likes or dislikes by the rule of contradiction to the will of others.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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