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.
STUNSAIL
Noun
stunsail (plural stunsails)
(nautical) studding sail
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Source: Wiktionary
Stun"sail, n. (Naut.)
Definition: A contraction of Studding sail. With every rag set, stunsails, sky scrapers and all. Lowell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
7 January 2025
UNINFORMATIVELY
(adverb) in an uninformative manner; “‘I can’t tell you when the manager will arrive,’ he said rather uninformatively”
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