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.
DICTATION
dictation
(noun) matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage; “he signed and mailed his dictation without bothering to read it”
dictation
(noun) speech intended for reproduction in writing
command, bid, bidding, dictation
(noun) an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dictation (countable and uncountable, plural dictations)
(uncountable) Dictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words
(countable) An activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
(countable) The act of ordering or commanding
(uncountable) Orders given in an overbearing manner
Source: Wiktionary
Dic*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. dictatio.]
1. The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated. It affords security against the dictation of laws. Paley.
2. The speaking to, or the giving orders to, in an overbearing manner; authoritative utterance; as, his habit, even with friends, was that of dictatio.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
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SOAK
(noun) the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid); “a good soak put life back in the wagon”
Coffee Trivia
