stirps (plural stirpes)
A branch of a family.
A progenitor of a branch of a family.
(zoology, botany) A superfamily of animals or plants.
stirps
plural of stirp
• spirts, sprits, strips
Source: Wiktionary
Stirps, n.; pl. Stirpes. Etym: [L., stem, stock.]
1. (Law)
Definition: Stock; race; family. Blackstone.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: A race, or a fixed and permanent variety.
Stirp, n. Etym: [L. stirps, stirpis.]
Definition: Stock; race; family. [Obs.] Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 June 2025
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
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.
