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.
PURISMS
Noun
purisms
plural of purism
Source: Wiktionary
PURISM
Pur"ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. purisme.]
Definition: Rigid purity; the quality of being affectedly pure or nice, especially in the choice of language; over-solicitude as to purity. "His political purism." De Quincey. The English language, however, . . . had even already become too thoroughly and essentially a mixed tongue for his doctrine of purism to be admitted to the letter. Craik.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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