UNFILIALLY

Etymology

Adverb

unfilially (comparative more unfilially, superlative most unfilially)

In an unfilial manner.

Source: Wiktionary


UNFILIAL

Un*fil"ial, a.

Definition: Unsuitable to a son or a daughter; undutiful; not becoming a child.

– Un*fil"ial*ly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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Coffee Trivia

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.

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