There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
STARTLE
startle, jump, start
(noun) a sudden involuntary movement; “he awoke with a start”
startle, galvanize, galvanise
(verb) to stimulate to action; “the loud noise startled him awake”; “galvanized into action”
startle, jump, start
(verb) move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; “She startled when I walked into the room”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
startle (third-person singular simple present startles, present participle startling, simple past and past participle startled)
(intransitive) To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
(transitive) To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise.
(transitive, obsolete) To deter; to cause to deviate.
Synonyms
• (to move suddenly): start
• (to excite suddenly): alarm, frighten, scare, surprise
• (deter): deter
Noun
startle (plural startles)
A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger.
Anagrams
• Slatter, Stalter, Statler, rattles, slatter, starlet
Source: Wiktionary
Star"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Startled; p. pr. & vb. n. Startling.] Etym: [Freq. of start.]
Definition: To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start. Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction Addison.
Star"tle, v. t.
1. To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise. The supposition, at least, that angels do sometimes assume bodies need not startle us. Locke.
2. To deter; to cause to deviate. [R.] Clarendon.
Syn.
– To start; shock; fright; frighten; alarm.
Star"tle, n.
Definition: A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger. After having recovered from my first startle, I was very well pleased with the accident. Spectator.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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