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.
CASCADE
shower, cascade
(noun) a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower; “a little shower of rose petals”; “a sudden cascade of sparks”
cascade
(noun) a succession of stages or operations or processes or units; “progressing in severity as though a cascade of genetic damage was occurring”; “separation of isotopes by a cascade of processes”
cascade
(noun) a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls
cascade
(verb) arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible
cascade, cascade down
(verb) rush down in big quantities, like a cascade
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Cascade
An administrative district in Seychelles
A small city, the county seat of Valley County, Idaho, United States.
A city in Iowa.
A town in Montana.
A town in Wisconsin.
A town and settlement in Jamaica.
A town in Western Australia.
Anagrams
• saccade
Etymology
Noun
cascade (plural cascades)
A waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
(figuratively) A stream or sequence of a thing or things occurring as if falling like a cascade.
A series of electrical (or other types of) components, the output of any one being connected to the input of the next; See also daisy chain
(juggling) A pattern typically performed with an odd number of props, where each prop is caught by the opposite hand.
(Internet) A sequence of absurd short messages posted to a newsgroup by different authors, each one responding to the most recent message and quoting the entire sequence to that point (with ever-increasing indentation).
A hairpiece for women consisting of curled locks or a bun attached to a firm base, used to create the illusion of fuller hair.
Verb
cascade (third-person singular simple present cascades, present participle cascading, simple past and past participle cascaded)
(intransitive) To fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
(transitive) To arrange in a stepped series like a waterfall.
(intransitive) To occur as a causal sequence.
(archaic, slang) To vomit.
Anagrams
• saccade
Source: Wiktionary
Cas*cade", n. Etym: [F. cascade, fr. It. cascata, fr. cascare to ball.]
Definition: A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a cataract. The silver brook . . . pours the white cascade. Longjellow. Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in cascade. Cawper.
Cas*cade", v. i.
1. To fall in a cascade. Lowell.
2. To vomit. [Slang] Smollett.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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