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.
DEMENTIA
dementia, dementedness
(noun) mental deterioration of organic or functional origin
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dementia (usually uncountable, plural dementias)
(pathology) A progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly affected include memory, attention, judgement, language and problem solving.
Madness or insanity.
Anagrams
• Demetian, Mendaite, Mendieta, Tiedeman, matineed
Source: Wiktionary
De*men"ti*a, n. Etym: [L., fr. demens. See Dement.]
Definition: Insanity; madness; esp. that form which consists in weakness or total loss of thought and reason; mental imbecility; idiocy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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GLASSY
(adjective) (used of eyes) lacking liveliness; “empty eyes”; “a glassy stare”; “his eyes were glazed over with boredom”
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