According to WorldAtlas, Finland is the biggest coffee consumer in the entire world. The average Finn will consume 12 kg of coffee each year.
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TURGID
Tur"gid, a. Etym: [L. turgidus, from turgere to swell.]
1. Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent or expansive force; swelled; swollen; bloated; inflated; tumid; -- especially applied to an enlarged part of the body; as, a turgid limb; turgid fruit. A bladder . . . held near the fire grew turgid. Boyle.
2. Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking.
– Tur"gid*ly, adv.
– Tur"gid*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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