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decaffeinated

adj
/diːˈkæfiːneɪtəd/UK

Etymology

From de- + caffeine + -ated or de- + caffeinated.

  1. borrowed from caffè — “coffee”
  2. borrowed from Caffein
  3. borrowed from caféine
  4. suffixed as caffeinated — “caffeine + ated”
  5. prefixed as decaffeinated — “de + caffeinated”

Definitions

  1. From which caffeine has been removed (e.g. decaffeinated coffee).

  2. A drink from which caffeine has been removed.

    • 2004, Carolyn Wyman, Better Than Homemade: Amazing Foods that Changed the Way We Eat Nowadays, Folgers and Tasters Choice Instant decaffeinateds both sell better than Sanka.

  3. simple past and past participle of decaffeinate

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for decaffeinated. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA