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.
GRIZZLIER
GRIZZLY
grey, gray, grey-haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired
(adjective) showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; “whose beard with age is hoar”-Coleridge; “nodded his hoary head”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
grizzlier
comparative form of grizzly
Source: Wiktionary
GRIZZLY
Griz"zly, a.
Definition: Somewhat gray; grizzled. Old squirrels that turn grizzly. Bacon. Grizzly bear (Zoöl.), a large and ferocious bear (Ursus horribilis) of Western North America and the Rocky Mountains. It is remarkable for the great length of its claws.
Griz"zly, n.; pl. Grizzlies (.
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A grizzly bear. See under Grizzly, a.
2. pl.
Definition: In hydraulic mining, gratings used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices. [Local, U. S.] Raymond.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
3 February 2025
CRAZY
(adjective) possessed by inordinate excitement; “the crowd went crazy”; “was crazy to try his new bicycle”
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