In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
BUSIEST
BUSY
busy
(adjective) crowded with or characterized by much activity; âa very busy weekâ; âa busy lifeâ; âa busy streetâ; âa busy seaportâ
busy
(adjective) actively or fully engaged or occupied; âbusy with her workâ; âa busy manâ; âtoo busy to eat lunchâ
interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, busy, busybodied
(adjective) intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; âan interfering old womanâ; âbustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himselfâ; âbusy about other peopleâs businessâ
busy, engaged, in use
(adjective) (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (âengagedâ is a British term for a busy telephone line); âher line is busyâ; âreceptionistsâ telephones are always engagedâ; âthe lavatory is in useâ; âkept getting a busy signalâ
busy, fussy
(adjective) overcrowded or cluttered with detail; âa busy paintingâ; âa fussy designâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
busiest
superlative form of busy: most busy
Verb
busiest
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of busy
Anagrams
• besuits, subsite
Source: Wiktionary
BUSY
Bus"y, a. Etym: [OE. busi, bisi, AS. bysig; akin to D. bezig, LG. besig; cf. Skr. bh to be active, busy.]
1. Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or only for the time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor at leisure; as, a busy merchant. Sir, my mistress sends you word THat she is busy, and she can not come. Shak.
2. Constantly at work; diligent; active. Busy hammers closing rivets up. Shak. Religious motives . . . are so busy in the heart. Addison.
3. Crowded with business or activities; -- said of places and times; as, a busy street. To-morrow is a busy day. Shak.
4. Officious; meddling; foolish active. On meddling monkey, or on busy ape. Shak.
5. Careful; anxious. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Syn.
– Diligent; industrious; assiduous; active; occupied; engaged.
Bus"y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Busied; p. pr. & vb. n. Busying.] Etym: [AS. bysgian.]
Definition: To make or keep busy; to employ; to engage or keep engaged; to occupy; as, to busy one's self with books. Be it thy course to busy giddy minds With foreign quarrels. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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