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.
BOONER
Etymology 1
Noun
booner (plural booners)
(Australia, chiefly, Canberra, slang) A person who takes particular pride in their car and enjoys showing it off.
(Australia, slang, derogatory) A bogan.
Synonyms
• (car-proud person): hoon, petrolhead
Etymology 2
From the Boone and Crockett Club.
Noun
booner (plural booners)
(US) A trophy size big game animal, as measured by the Boone and Crockett ranking criteria.
Anagrams
• Borneo, Oberon
Source: Wiktionary
BOON
Boon, n. Etym: [OE. bone, boin, a petition, fr. Icel. b; akin to Sw. & Dan. b, AS. b, and perh. to E. ban; but influenced by F. bon good, fr. L. bonus. Ban, Bounty.]
1. A prayer or petition. [Obs.] For which to God he made so many an idle boon. Spenser.
2. That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present. Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above. James i. 17 (Rev. Ver. ).
Boon, a. Etym: [F. bon. See Boon, n.]
1. Good; prosperous; as, boon voyage. [Obs.]
2. Kind; bountiful; benign. Which . . . Nature boon Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain. Milton.
3. Gay; merry; jovial; convivial. A boon companion, loving his bottle. Arbuthnot.
Boon, n. Etym: [Scot. boon, bune, been, Gael. & Ir. bunach coarse tow, fr. bun root, stubble.]
Definition: The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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