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.
FADE
fade, disappearance
(noun) gradually ceasing to be visible
slice, fade, slicing
(noun) a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; “he took lessons to cure his slicing”
languish, fade
(verb) become feeble; “The prisoner has been languishing for years in the dungeon”
fade, melt
(verb) become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; “The scene begins to fade”; “The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk”
evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass
(verb) disappear gradually; “The pain eventually passed off”
fade, wither
(verb) lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; “Her bloom was fading”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
fade (comparative fader, superlative fadest)
(archaic) Weak; insipid; tasteless.
Synonym: dull
Noun
fade (plural fades)
(golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the right. See slice, hook, draw.
A haircut where the hair is short or shaved on the sides of the head and longer on top. See also high-top fade and low fade.
(slang) A fight.
(music, cinematography) A gradual decrease in the brightness of a shot or the volume of sound or music (as a means of cutting to a new scene or starting a new song).
(slang) The act of disappearing from a place so as not to be found; covert departure.
Verb
fade (third-person singular simple present fades, present participle fading, simple past and past participle faded)
(intransitive) To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.
(intransitive) To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.
(intransitive) To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.
(transitive) To cause to fade.
(transitive, gambling) To bet against.
Synonyms
• (grow weak, lose strength): weaken, wither
• (lose freshness, color, or brightness): blanch, bleach
• (sink away): decrease, diminish, wane
Etymology 2
Adjective
fade (comparative fader or more fade, superlative most fade)
(archaic) Strong; bold; doughty.
Anagrams
• Deaf, EDFA, deaf
Source: Wiktionary
Fade a. Etym: [F., prob. fr. L. vapidus vapid, or possibly fr,fatuus foolish, insipid.]
Definition: Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace. [R.] "Passages that are somewhat fade." Jeffrey. His masculine taste gave him a sense of something fade and ludicrous. De Quincey.
Fade, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Faded; p. pr. & vb. n. Fading.] Etym: [OE. faden, vaden, prob. fr. fade, a.; cf. Prov. D. vadden to fade, wither, vaddigh languid, torpid. Cf. Fade, a., Vade.]
1. To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant. The earth mourneth and fadeth away. Is. xxiv. 4.
2. To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color. "Flowers that never fade." Milton.
3. To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish. The stars shall fade away. Addison He makes a swanlike end, Fading in music. Shak.
Fade, v. t.
Definition: To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away. No winter could his laurels fade. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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