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.
BLOODY
bloody
(adjective) having or covered with or accompanied by blood; “a bloody nose”; “your scarf is all bloody”; “the effects will be violent and probably bloody”; “a bloody fight”
blinking, bally(a), bloody, blooming, crashing, flaming, fucking
(adjective) informal intensifiers; “what a bally (or blinking) nuisance”; “a bloody fool”; “a crashing bore”; “you flaming idiot”
bloody, damn, all-fired, all-firedly
(adverb) extremely; “you are bloody right”; “Why are you so all-fired aggressive?”
bloody
(verb) cover with blood; “bloody your hands”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
bloody (comparative bloodier, superlative bloodiest)
Covered in blood.
Synonyms: bleeding, bloodied, gory, sanguinolent
Characterised by bloodshed.
(rare in US, Canada, common in UK, Australia, NZ, slang) Used as an intensifier.
(dated) Badly behaved; unpleasant; beastly.
Synonyms
• (intensifier): bally, blasted, bleeding (chiefly British Cockney), blinking, blooming, damn, damned, dang, darned, doggone, flaming, freaking, fricking, frigging, fucking, goddam / goddamn, goddamned, godforsaken (rare), wretched, rotten
• See also damned
Adverb
bloody (comparative more bloody, superlative most bloody)
(rare in US, Canada, common in UK, Australia, NZ, slang, intensifier) Used to express anger, annoyance, shock, or for emphasis.
Synonyms: bloody well, bally, blasted, bleeding, blooming
Verb
bloody (third-person singular simple present bloodies, present participle bloodying, simple past and past participle bloodied)
To draw blood from one's opponent in a fight.
To demonstrably harm the cause of an opponent.
Etymology 2
Noun
bloody (plural bloodies)
(casual) bloody mary
Anagrams
• old boy
Source: Wiktionary
Blood"y, a. Etym: [AS. bl.]
1. Containing or resembling blood; of the nature of blood; as, bloody excretions; bloody sweat.
2. Smeared or stained with blood; as, bloody hands; a bloody handkerchief.
3. Given, or tending, to the shedding of blood; having a cruel, savage disposition; murderous; cruel. Some bloody passion shakes your very frame. Shak.
4. Attended with, or involving, bloodshed; sanguinary; esp., marked by great slaughter or cruelty; as, a bloody battle.
5. Infamous; contemptible; -- variously used for mere emphasis or as a low epithet. [Vulgar] Thackeray.
Blood"y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bloodied (; p. pr. & vb. n. Bloodying.]
Definition: To stain with blood. Overbury.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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