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.
FOOTPAD
footpad, padder
(noun) a highwayman who robs on foot
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
footpad (plural footpads)
The soft underside of an animal's paw.
(medicine) A medicated bandage for the treatment of corns and warts.
(archaic) A thief on foot who robs travellers on the road.
(Australian) An unmade, minor walking trail formed only by foot traffic.
Verb
footpad (third-person singular simple present footpads, present participle footpadding, simple past and past participle footpadded)
(archaic) To rob travellers on the road.
To sneak on foot.
Source: Wiktionary
Foot"pad`, n.
Definition: A highwayman or robber on foot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
29 March 2025
THOUGHTLESS
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
Coffee Trivia
