According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.
VIRULENCE
virulence, virulency
(noun) extreme hostility; “the virulence of the malicious old man”
virulence, virulency
(noun) extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease); “the virulence of the plague”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
virulence (countable and uncountable, plural virulences)
The state of being virulent.
A measure of how virulent a thing is.
Source: Wiktionary
Vir"u*lence, Vir"u*len*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. virulence, L. virulentia an offensive odor, a stench.]
1. The quality or state of being virulent or venomous; poisonousness; malignancy.
2. Extreme bitterness or malignity of disposition. "Refuted without satirical virulency." Barrow. The virulence of one declaimer, or the profundities and sublimities of the other. I. Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
16 May 2025
AMPHIPROSTYLAR
(adjective) marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure
Coffee Trivia
