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.
GROOVED
grooved, well-grooved
(adjective) established as if settled into a groove or rut
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
grooved
simple past tense and past participle of groove
Adjective
grooved (comparative more grooved, superlative most grooved)
Having grooves
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
GROOVE
Groove, n. Etym: [D. groef, groeve; akin to E. grove. See Grove.]
1. A furrow, channel, or long hollow, such as may be formed by cutting, molding, grinding, the wearing force of flowing water, or constant travel; a depressed way; a worn path; a rut.
2. Hence: The habitual course of life, work, or affairs; fixed routine. The gregarious trifling of life in the social groove. J. Morley.
3. Etym: [See Grove.] (Mining)
Definition: A shaft or excavation. [Prov. Eng.]
Groove, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grooved; p. pr. & vb. n. Groving.]
Definition: To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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