SADISTIC

sadistic

(adjective) deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from inflicting pain on another

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

sadistic (comparative more sadistic, superlative most sadistic)

Delighting in or feeling pleasure from the pain or humiliation of others.

Of behaviour which gives pleasure in the pain or humiliation of others.

(colloquial) Causing a high degree of pain or humiliation.

Source: Wiktionary



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HYPERICISM

(noun) a severe dermatitis of herbivorous domestic animals attributable to photosensitivity from eating Saint John’s wort


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Coffee Trivia

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.

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