SORBET

Etymology

Noun

sorbet (countable and uncountable, plural sorbets)

Frozen fruit juice, sometimes mixed with egg whites, used as dessert or between courses of a meal.

Synonyms

• ice

• Italian ice

Anagrams

• Boster, Stober, Tobers, besort, borest, strobe, tobers

Source: Wiktionary


Sor"bet, n. Etym: [F. sorbet or It. sorbetto or Sp. sorbete, from the same source as E. sherbet. See Sherbet.]

Definition: A kind of beverage; sherbet. Smolett.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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20 June 2024

INSIGNIFICANTLY

(adverb) not to a significant degree or amount; “our budget will only be insignificantly affected by these new cuts”


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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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