Wel"-be*gone`, a. Etym: [OE. wel-begon. See Well, and Begone.]
Definition: Surrounded with happiness or prosperity. [Obs.] Fair and rich and young and wel-begone. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 February 2025
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
