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.
RASORIAL
Etymology
Adjective
rasorial (comparative more rasorial, superlative most rasorial)
Scratching the ground for food, as domestic fowl or other gallinaceous birds.
(ornithology, historical) Pertaining to the now obsolete order Rasores.
Anagrams
• Arriolas
Source: Wiktionary
Ra*so"ri*al, a. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the Rasores, or gallinaceous birds, as the peacock, domestic fowl, patridge, and the like.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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