caffeic

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adjective

of, or pertaining to coffee or caffeic acid

OriginFrench caféique ← Italian caffè →
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Meanings

adjectivecaffeic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableof, or pertaining to coffee or caffeic acid

    Caffeic poisoning showed itself chiefly in digestive and in nervous troubles, the symptoms of caffeic dyspepsia very nearly resembling those of alcoholic gastritis, such as catarrhal gastritis, saburral tongue, a marked loss of appetite, etc.

    1895, {unattributed}, The New England Medical Gazette, Volume 30

Origin

  1. Italiancaffè
  2. Frenchcaféique
  3. Englishcaffeic

From French caféique, from the root caffe- (“coffee”) as found in caffeine, from Italian caffè (compare also French café and German Kaffee) + -ic.

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Chicago

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