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.
BADGE
badge
(noun) any feature that is regarded as a sign of status (a particular power or quality or rank); “wearing a tie was regarded as a badge of respectability”
badge
(noun) an emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.); “they checked everyone’s badge before letting them in”
badge
(verb) put a badge on; “The workers here must be badged”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
badge (plural badges)
A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one's clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization.
A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information.
A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.
Something characteristic; a mark; a token.
(obsolete, thieves' cant) A brand on the hand of a thief, etc.
(nautical) A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.
(heraldry) A distinctive mark worn by servants, retainers, and followers of royalty or nobility, who, being beneath the rank of gentlemen, have no right to armorial bearings.
(GUI) A small overlay on an icon that shows additional information about that item, such as the number of new alerts or messages.
(internet, video games) An icon or emblem awarded to a user for some achievement.
Synonyms
• See badge
Verb
badge (third-person singular simple present badges, present participle badging, simple past and past participle badged)
(transitive) To mark or distinguish with a badge.
(transitive) To show a badge to.
(transitive) To enter a restricted area by showing one's badge.
Anagrams
• bedag, begad, debag
Source: Wiktionary
Badge, n. Etym: [LL. bagea, bagia, sign, prob. of German origin; cf. AS. beág, beáh, bracelet, collar, crown, OS b in comp., AS. b to bow, bend, G. biegen. See Bow to bend.]
1. A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cognizance, worn on the person; as, the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman. "Tax gatherers, recognized by their official badges. " Prescott.
2. Something characteristic; a mark; a token. Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge. Shak.
3. (Naut.)
Definition: A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.
Badge, v. t.
Definition: To mark or distinguish with a badge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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