According to WorldAtlas, Finland is the biggest coffee consumer in the entire world. The average Finn will consume 12 kg of coffee each year.
SILVERN
silver, silvern, silvery
(adjective) having the white lustrous sheen of silver; “a land of silver (or silvern) rivers where the salmon leap”; “repeated scrubbings have given the wood a silvery sheen”
silvern, silvery
(adjective) resembling or reminiscent of silver; “a soft silvern voice”; “singing in her silvery tones”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
silvern (not comparable)
(literary) Made of silver; or resembling or characteristic of silver; silvery.
Source: Wiktionary
Sil"vern, a. Etym: [AS. seolfern, sylfren.]
Definition: Made of silver. [Archaic.] Wyclif (Acts xix. 24). Speech is silvern; silence is golden. Old Proverb.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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