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.
BLINDFOLDED
blindfold, blindfolded
(adjective) wearing a blindfold
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
blindfolded
simple past tense and past participle of blindfold
Adjective
blindfolded (not comparable)
Wearing a blindfold
Source: Wiktionary
BLINDFOLD
Blind"fold`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blindfolded; p. pr. & vb. n. Blindfolding.] Etym: [OE. blindfolden, blindfelden, blindfellen; AS. blind blind + prob. fellan, fyllan, to fell, strike down.]
Definition: To cover the eyes of, as with a bandage; to hinder from seeing. And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face. Luke xxii. 64.
Blind"fold`, a.
Definition: Having the eyes covered; blinded; having the mental eye darkened. Hence: Heedless; reckless; as, blindfold zeal; blindfold fury. Fate's blindfold reign the atheist loudly owns. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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