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.
CAREER
career, life history
(noun) the general progression of your working or professional life; “the general had had a distinguished career”; “he had a long career in the law”
career, calling, vocation
(noun) the particular occupation for which you are trained
career
(verb) move headlong at high speed; “The cars careered down the road”; “The mob careered through the streets”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
career (plural careers)
One's calling in life; a person's occupation; one's profession.
General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part of it.
(archaic) Speed.
A jouster's path during a joust.
(obsolete) A short gallop of a horse. [16th-18th c.]
(falconry) The flight of a hawk.
(obsolete) A racecourse; the ground run over.
Verb
career (third-person singular simple present careers, present participle careering, simple past and past participle careered)
To move rapidly straight ahead, especially in an uncontrolled way.
Synonyms
(move rapidly straight ahead): careen
Source: Wiktionary
Ca*reer", n. Etym: [F. carrière race course, high road, street, fr. L. carrus wagon. See Car.]
1. A race course: the ground run over. To go back again the same career. Sir P. Sidney.
2. A running; full speed; a rapid course. When a horse is running in his full career. Wilkins.
3. General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part or calling in life, or in some special undertaking; usually applied to course or conduct which is of a pubic character; as, Washington's career as a soldier. An impartial view of his whole career. Macaulay.
4. (Falconary)
Definition: The fight of a hawk.
Ca*reer", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Careered 3; p. pr. & vb. n. Careering]
Definition: To move or run rapidly. areering gayly over the curling waves. W. Irving.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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