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.
SINKAGE
Etymology
Noun
sinkage (countable and uncountable, plural sinkages)
An amount of material involved in a sinking.
An area of sunken ground; a depression.
The change in draft that a vessel obtains when moving through the water.
Anagrams
• kisaeng, sea king
Source: Wiktionary
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29 March 2025
THOUGHTLESS
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
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