Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
PREPOSTEROUSLY
laughably, ridiculously, ludicrously, preposterously
(adverb) so as to arouse or deserve laughter; “her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
preposterously (comparative more preposterously, superlative most preposterously)
In a preposterous manner.
Source: Wiktionary
PREPOSTEROUS
Pre*pos"ter*ous a.Etym: [L. praeposterus; prae before + posterus coming after, latter. See Posterior.]
1. Having that first which ought to be last; inverted in order. [Obs.] The method I take may be censured as preposterous, because I thus treat last of the antediluvian earth, which was first in the order of nature. Woodward.
2. Contrary to nature or reason; not adapted to the end; utterly and glaringly foolish; unreasonably absurd; perverted. "Most preposterous conclusions." Shak. Preposterous ass, that never read so far! Shak.
Syn.
– Absurd; perverted; wrong; irrational; foolish; monstrous. See Absurd.
– Pre*pos"ter*ous*ly, adv. -Pre*pos"ter*ous*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RAREFACTION
(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”
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