WINO

drunkard, drunk, rummy, sot, inebriate, wino

(noun) a chronic drinker

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

wino (plural winos or winoes)

(pejorative) A chronic or heavy drinker of cheap wine or other alcohol; a drunk or drunkard.

(informal) A wine enthusiast; an oenophile.

Synonyms

• (indigent): See also vagabond

• (drunk or drunkard): alcoholic, souse, suck-pint; See also drunkard

Etymology 2

W boson + -ino.

Noun

wino (plural winos)

(physics) A hypothetical particle that is the superpartner of the W boson.

Anagrams

• Iwon, OWIN

Source: Wiktionary



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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