Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be âsatanic.â However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
CANDID
blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder
(adjective) characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; âblunt talking and straight shootingâ; âa blunt New England farmerâ; âI gave them my candid opinionâ; âforthright criticismâ; âa forthright approach to the problemâ; âtell me what you think--and you may just as well be frankâ; âit is possible to be outspoken without being rudeâ; âplainspoken and to the pointâ; âa point-blank accusationâ
candid, open, heart-to-heart
(adjective) openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness; âhis candid eyesâ; âan open and trusting natureâ; âa heart-to-heart talkâ
candid
(adjective) informal or natural; especially caught off guard or unprepared; âa candid photographâ; âa candid interviewâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
candid (comparative candider, )
Impartial and free from prejudice.
Straightforward, open and sincere.
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Not posed or rehearsed.
Synonyms
• frank, open, parrhesiastic, sincere, unreserved
Noun
candid (plural candids)
A spontaneous or unposed photograph.
Source: Wiktionary
Can*did, a. Etym: [F. candide (cf. It. candido), L. candidus white, fr. candëre to be of a glowing white; akin to accend, incend, to set on fire, Skr. chand to shane. Cf. Candle, Incense.]
1. White. [Obs.] The box receives all black; but poured from thence, The stones came candid forth, the hue of innocence. Dryden.
2. Free from undue bias; disposed to think and judge according to truth and justice, or without partiality or prejudice; fair; just; impartial; as, a candid opinion. "Candid and dispassionate men." W. Irving.
3. Open; frank; ingenuous; outspoken.
Syn.
– Fair; open; ingenuous; impartial; just; frank; artless; unbiased; equitable.
– Candid, Fair, Open, Frank, Ingenuous. A man is fair when he puts things on a just or equitable footing; he is candid when be looks impartially on both sides of a subject, doing justice especially to the motives and conduct of an opponent; he is open and frank when he declares his sentiments without reserve; he is ingenuous when he does this from a noble regard for truth. Fair dealing; candid investigation; an open temper; a frank disposition; an ingenuous answer or declaration.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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