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.
SHIPMATES
Noun
shipmates
plural of shipmate
Anagrams
• aphetisms, mateships, steam ship, steam-ship, steamship, teamships
Source: Wiktionary
SHIPMATE
Ship"mate`, n.
Definition: One who serves on board of the same ship with another; a fellow sailor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) possessed by inordinate excitement; “the crowd went crazy”; “was crazy to try his new bicycle”
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