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.
WAPPER
Etymology 1
Noun
wapper (plural wappers)
(UK, dialect) A gudgeon.
Etymology 2
Verb
wapper (third-person singular simple present wappers, present participle wappering, simple past and past participle wappered)
(transitive) To cause to shake.
(intransitive) To move tremulously, as from weakness; to totter.
Anagrams
• wrappe
Source: Wiktionary
Wap"per, v. t. & i. Etym: [freq. of wap, v.; cf. dial. G. wappern, wippern, to move up and down, to rock.]
Definition: To cause to shake; to tremble; to move tremulously, as from weakness; to totter. [Obs.]
Wap"per, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A gudgeon. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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