In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
GARBLED
confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected
(adjective) lacking orderly continuity; “a confused set of instructions”; “a confused dream about the end of the world”; “disconnected fragments of a story”; “scattered thoughts”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
garbled (comparative more garbled, superlative most garbled)
(of a message etc) difficult to understand because it has been distorted; scrambled
Verb
garbled
simple past tense and past participle of garble
Synonyms
• confused
• disconnected
• disjointed
• disordered
• distorted
• illogical
• mixed up
• scattered
• unconnected
Anagrams
• belgard
Source: Wiktionary
GARBLE
Gar"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Garbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Garbling.] Etym: [Formerly, to pick out, sort, OF. grabeler, for garbeler to examine precisely, garble spices, fr. LL. garbellare to sift; cf. Sp. garbillar to sift, garbillo a coarse sieve, L. cribellum, dim. of cribrum sieve, akin to cernere to separate, sift (cf. E. Discern); or perh. rather from Ar. gharbal, gharbil, sieve.]
1. To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dros or dirt; as, to garble spices. [Obs.]
2. To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account.
Gar"ble, n.
1. Refuse; rubbish. [Obs.] Wolcott.
2. pl.
Definition: Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; -- also called garblings.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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