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.
DAZE
daze, fog, haze
(noun) confusion characterized by lack of clarity
daze, shock, stupor
(noun) the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally; “his mother’s death left him in a daze”; “he was numb with shock”
stun, bedaze, daze
(verb) overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; “The news stunned her”
dazzle, bedazzle, daze
(verb) to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light; “She was dazzled by the bright headlights”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
daze (plural dazes)
The state of being dazed
(mining) A glittering stone.
Verb
daze (third-person singular simple present dazes, present participle dazing, simple past and past participle dazed)
(transitive) To stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear
Synonyms: confuse, benumb
Anagrams
• adze, deza
Source: Wiktionary
Daze, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dazed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dazing.] Etym: [OE. dasen, prob. from Icel. dasask to become weary, a reflexive verb; cf. Sw. dasa to lie idle, and OD. daesen to be foolish, insane, daes, dwaes, D. dwaas, foolish, insane, AS. dw, dysig, stupid. Dizzy, Doze.]
Definition: To stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb. While flashing beams do daze his feeble eyen. Spenser. Such souls, Whose sudden visitations daze the world. Sir H. Taylor. He comes out of the room in a dazed state, that is an odd though a sufficient substitute for interest. Dickens.
Daze, n.
1. The state of being dazed; as, he was in a daze. [Colloq.]
2. (Mining)
Definition: A glittering stone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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