According to WorldAtlas, Finland is the biggest coffee consumer in the entire world. The average Finn will consume 12 kg of coffee each year.
VIRULENCY
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
Noun
virulency (countable and uncountable, plural virulencies)
Dated form of virulence.
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
21 April 2025
ENCYCLOPEDIA
(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
Coffee Trivia
