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.
BREATHLESS
breathless, inanimate, pulseless
(adjective) appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse; “an inanimate body”; “pulseless and dead”
breathless, dyspneic, dyspnoeic, dyspneal, dyspnoeal
(adjective) not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty; “breathless at thought of what I had done”; “breathless from running”; “followed the match with breathless interest”
breathless, breathtaking
(adjective) tending to cause suspension of regular breathing; “a breathless flight”; “breathtaking adventure”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
breathless (comparative more breathless, superlative most breathless)
Having difficulty breathing; gasping.
That makes one hold one's breath (with excitement etc.).
Not breathing; dead or apparently so.
Having no wind; still, calm or airless.
Having a somewhat hysterical tone, using over-emotive language.
Source: Wiktionary
Breath"less, a.
1. Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath.
2. Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath; as, breathless attention. But breathless, as we grow when feeling most. Byron.
3. Dead; as, a breathless body.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CONSECRATION
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