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.
DELUGE
flood, inundation, deluge, alluvion
(noun) the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; “plains fertilized by annual inundations”
downpour, cloudburst, deluge, waterspout, torrent, pelter, soaker
(noun) a heavy rain
flood, inundation, deluge, torrent
(noun) an overwhelming number or amount; “a flood of requests”; “a torrent of abuse”
inundate, deluge, submerge
(verb) fill or cover completely, usually with water
overwhelm, deluge, flood out
(verb) charge someone with too many tasks
deluge, flood, inundate, swamp
(verb) fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; “the basement was inundated after the storm”; “The images flooded his mind”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
deluge (plural deluges)
A great flood or rain.
An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.
(military engineering) A damage control system on navy warships which is activated by excessive temperature within the Vertical Launching System.
Verb
deluge (third-person singular simple present deluges, present participle deluging, simple past and past participle deluged)
(transitive) To flood with water.
(transitive) To overwhelm.
Proper noun
the Deluge
(Bible) The Biblical flood during the time of Noah.
Source: Wiktionary
Del"uge, n. Etym: [F. déluge, L. diluvium, fr. diluere wash away; di- = dis- + luere, equiv. to lavare to wash. See Lave, and cf. Diluvium.]
1. A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.).
2. Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction. "The deluge of summer." Lowell. A fiery deluge fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed. Milton. As I grub up some quaint old fragment of a [London] street, or a house, or a shop, or tomb or burial ground, which has still survived in the deluge. F. Harrison. After me the deluge. (Aprés moi le déluge.) Madame de Pompadour.
Del"uge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deluged; p. pr. & vb. n. Deluging.]
1. To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm. The deluged earth would useless grow. Blackmore.
2. To overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; to overspread; to overpower; to submerge; to destroy; as, the northern nations deluged the Roman empire with their armies; the land is deluged with woe. At length corruption, like a general fldeluge all. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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