CRESTLESS

Etymology

Adjective

crestless (not comparable)

Having no crest

Having no coat of arms

Source: Wiktionary


Crest"less, a.

Definition: Without a crest or escutcheon; of low birth. "Crestless yeomen." Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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13 May 2024

AMISS

(adverb) in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner; “if you think him guilty you judge amiss”; “he spoke amiss”; “no one took it amiss when she spoke frankly”


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Coffee Trivia

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.

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