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.
UNLAID
Etymology
Adjective
unlaid (not comparable)
not laid, not placed
not laid by exorcism
(of a person, slang) not having had sexual intercourse
Not laid out, as a corpse.
(of paper) Not laid; not marked with parallel lines.
Verb
unlaid
simple past tense and past participle of unlay
Anagrams
• Lindau, dualin
Source: Wiktionary
Un*laid", a.
1. Not laid or placed; not fixed. Hooker.
2. Not allayed; not pacified; not laid finally to rest. [R.] "Stubborn, unlaid ghost." Milton.
3. Not laid out, as a corpse. [R.] B. Jonson. Unlaid paper. See Laid paper, under Laid.
UNLAY
Un*lay", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + lay.] (Naut.)
Definition: To untwist; as, to unlay a rope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
22 February 2025
ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
Coffee Trivia
