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.
VITIATION
vitiation
(noun) nullification by the destruction of the legal force; rendering null; “the vitiation of the contract”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
vitiation (countable and uncountable, plural vitiations)
a reduction in the value, or an impairment in the quality of something
moral corruption
an abolition or abrogation
Source: Wiktionary
Vi`ti*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. vitiatio.]
Definition: The act of vitiating, or the state of being vitiated; depravation; corruption; invalidation; as, the vitiation of the blood; the vitiation of a contract. The vitiation that breeds evil acts. G. Eliot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FABLED
(adjective) celebrated in fable or legend; “the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox”; “legendary exploits of Jesse James”
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