In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
GLEE
hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness, glee, gleefulness
(noun) great merriment
gloat, gloating, glee
(noun) malicious satisfaction
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
glee (countable and uncountable, plural glees)
(uncountable) Joy; happiness great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune.
Synonyms: merriment, mirth, gaiety, gloat
(uncountable) Music; minstrelsy; entertainment.
(music, countable) An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices, not necessarily merry.
Verb
glee (third-person singular simple present glees, present participle gleeing, simple past and past participle gleed)
To sing a glee (unaccompanied part song).
Anagrams
• Egle, Lege, lege
Source: Wiktionary
Glee, n. Etym: [OE. gle, gleo, AS. gleów, gleó, akin to Icel. gl: cf. Gr.
1. Music; minstrelsy; entertainment. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Joy; merriment; mirth; gayety; paricularly, the mirth enjoyed at a feast. Spenser.
3. (Mus.)
Definition: An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices. It is not necessarily gleesome.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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