tussah, tusseh, tussur, tussore, tusser, Antheraea mylitta
(noun) oriental moth that produces brownish silk
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tussah (countable and uncountable, plural tussahs)
Alternative form of tussar
Source: Wiktionary
Tus"sah Tus"seh (tus"sa), n. [Also tussa, tussar, tusser, tussur, etc.] [Prob. fr. Hind. tasar a shuttle, Skr. tasara, trasara.]
Definition: An undomesticated East Indian silkworn (Antheræa mylitta), that feeds on the leaves of the oak and other plants.
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.
