Coffee is among the most consumed beverages worldwide. According to Statista, an average person consumes roughly 42.6 liters of coffee per year.
VITIATE
invalidate, void, vitiate
(verb) take away the legal force of or render ineffective; âinvalidate a contractâ
mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate
(verb) make imperfect; ânothing marred her beautyâ
corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
(verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; âdebauch the young people with wine and womenâ; âSocrates was accused of corrupting young menâ; âDo school counselors subvert young children?â; âcorrupt the moralsâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
vitiate (third-person singular simple present vitiates, present participle vitiating, simple past and past participle vitiated)
(transitive) to spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something
(transitive) to debase or morally corrupt
(transitive, archaic) to violate, to rape
(transitive) to make something ineffective, to invalidate
Source: Wiktionary
Vi"ti*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vitiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Vitiating.] Etym: [L. vitiatus, p. p. vitiare to vitiate, fr. vitium a fault, vice. See Vice a fault.] [Written also viciate.]
1. To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render defective; to injure the substance or qualities of; to impair; to contaminate; to spoil; as, exaggeration vitiates a style of writing; sewer gas vitiates the air. A will vitiated and growth out of love with the truth disposes the understanding to error and delusion. South. Without care it may be used to vitiate our minds. Burke. This undistinguishing complaisance will vitiate the taste of readers. Garth.
2. To cause to fail of effect, either wholly or in part; to make void; to destroy, as the validity or binding force of an instrument or transaction; to annul; as, any undue influence exerted on a jury vitiates their verdict; fraud vitiates a contract.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
29 March 2025
THOUGHTLESS
(adjective) without care or thought for others; âthe thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; âLet them eat cakeââ
Coffee Trivia
