roughy (plural roughies)
A fish in family Trachichthyidae
The orange roughy, Hoplostethus atlanticus.
(Australia) Any of several marine fish of the related genus Trachichthys, which have rough and spiny scales.
• (fish in Trachyichthyidae): slimehead, redfish
Source: Wiktionary
29 May 2025
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
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.
