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.
BLOUSE
blouse
(noun) a top worn by women
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
blouse (plural blouses)
(fashion, obsolete) A shirt, typically loose and reaching from the neck to the waist.
(fashion) A shirt for women, particularly a shirt with buttons; a dress shirt tailored for women.
(military fashion) A loose-fitting uniform jacket.
Synonyms
• bodice (also used for undershirts)
Hyponyms
• Watteau bodice
Verb
blouse (third-person singular simple present blouses, present participle blousing, simple past and past participle bloused)
To hang a garment in loose folds.
(military) To tuck one's pants/trousers (into one's boots).
Antonyms
• (military): unblouse
Etymology 2
Noun
blouse (plural blouses)
Alternative form of blouze
Alternative form of blowess
Alternative form of blowze
Anagrams
• Belous, Lobues, besoul, boules, obelus
Source: Wiktionary
Blouse, n. Etym: [F. blouse. Of unknown origin.]
Definition: A light, loose over-garment, like a smock frock, worn especially by workingmen in France; also, a loose coat of any material, as the undress uniform coat of the United States army.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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