Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
ARDS
Noun
ards
plural of ard
Anagrams
• ADRs, RDS.A, SADR, Sadr, dars, rads, sard
Noun
ARDS (uncountable)
(healthcare, medicine) Acronym of acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Anagrams
• ADRs, RDS.A, SADR, Sadr, dars, rads, sard
Source: Wiktionary
ARD
-ard, -art.
Definition: The termination of many English words; as, coward, reynard, drunkard, mostly from the French, in which language this ending is of German origin, being orig. the same word as English hard. It usually has the sense of one who has to a high or excessive degree the quality expressed by the root; as, braggart, sluggard.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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