In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
SHOPPY
Etymology
Adjective
shoppy (comparative shoppier, superlative shoppiest)
(dated) Inclined to talk shop; full of jargon.
(rare) Of the kind or quality expected from a shop.
(colloquial, dated) Abounding with shops.
Anagrams
• hyppos, spy hop, spy-hop, spyhop
Source: Wiktionary
Shop"py, a.
1. Abounding with shops. [Colloq.]
2. Of or pertaining to shops, or one's own shop or business; as, shoppy talk. [Colloq.] Mrs. Gaskell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
28 December 2024
ACERVULUS
(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
Coffee Trivia
