Theine (noun)
thee-in
Caffeine, especially when it occurs in tea.
Mid 19th century from modern Latin Thea (former genus name of the tea plant, from Dutch thee) + -ine.
Example sentences
“As we learned that the theine of tea was identical with the caffeine of coffee, the term theine fell out of usage.’”
Meraki (Μεράκι) (Greek) (noun) me-rah-kee To do something with soul, creativity, and love. When someone cooks with meraki, builds with meraki, writes with meraki, they’ve poured themselves into it. Derived…
