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.
deluded (comparative more deluded, superlative most deluded)
Being affected by delusions.
Synonym: delusional
deluded
simple past tense and past participle of delude
Source: Wiktionary
De*lude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Deluding.] Etym: [L. deludere, delusum; de- + ludere to play, make sport of, mock. See Ludicrous.]
1. To lead from truth or into error; to mislead the mind or judgment of to beguile; to impose on; to dupe; to make a fool of. To delude the nation by an airy phantom. Burke.
2. To frustrate or disappoint. It deludes thy search. Dryden.
Syn.
– To mislead; deceive; beguile; cajole; cheat; dupe. See Deceive.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 November 2024
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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.