PILFERABLE

Etymology

Adjective

pilferable (comparative more pilferable, superlative most pilferable)

that can be pilfered

In 2001 the Navy modified its policy concerning pilferable property by changing the definition of what it considered pilferable property.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

18 October 2024

GRIEVOUS

(adjective) causing or marked by grief or anguish; “a grievous loss”; “a grievous cry”; “her sigh was heartbreaking”; “the heartrending words of Rabin’s granddaughter”


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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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