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.
FOGGY
fogged, foggy
(adjective) obscured by fog; “he could barely see through the fogged window”
brumous, foggy, hazy, misty
(adjective) filled or abounding with fog or mist; “a brumous October morning”
bleary, blurred, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy
(adjective) indistinct or hazy in outline; “a landscape of blurred outlines”; “the trees were just blurry shapes”
dazed, foggy, groggy, logy, stuporous
(adjective) stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
foggy (comparative foggier, superlative foggiest)
Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy
(figuratively) Confused, befuddled, etc.
Source: Wiktionary
Fog"gy, a. [Compar. Foggier; superl. Foggiest.] Etym: [From 4th Fog.]
1. Filled or abounding with fog, or watery exhalations; misty; as, a foggy atmosphere; a foggy morning. Shak.
2. Beclouded; dull; obscure; as, foggy ideas. Your coarse, foggy, drowsy conceit. Hayward.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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