@joanna Had a look in the Oxford English Dictionary. There’s also 'thwaite' – a patch of wild land cleared for cultivation.
Atmospheric humidity is someone’s idea of a sick joke. The temperature drops about twelve degrees but the humidity goes up a lot and you still feel almost as hot and clammy as before.
@matigo Staying on your bum is probably worse for you than drinking another coffee. Of course, drinks do have a non-negligible amount of calories in them. Having a glass of water would be better but you’d lose the ritualistic aspect of making coffee which I think is one of the things people like about it.