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.
retching
present participle of retch
retching (plural retchings)
The act of one who retches.
• cringeth
Source: Wiktionary
Retch, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Retched; p. pr. & vb. n. Retching.] Etym: [AS. hr to clear the throat, hawk, fr. hraca throat; akin to G. rachen, and perhaps to E. rack neck.]
Definition: To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting. [Written also reach.] Beloved Julia, hear me still beseeching! (Here he grew inarticulate with retching.) Byron.
Retch, v. t. & i. Etym: [See Reck.]
Definition: To care for; to heed; to reck. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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.